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Science Lives

The Simons Foundation proudly presents a series of extended interviews with some of the giants of 20th-century mathematics and science.

Portrait photo of S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan

Science Lives: Mathematician S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan

William Browder in front of a chalkboard

Science Lives: Mathematician William Browder (1934–2025)

Elias Stein talking in front of a chalkboard

Science Lives: Mathematician Elias Stein (1931–2018)

Endre Szemerédi sits in front of a white wall

Science Lives: Mathematician Endre Szemerédi

Vera Sos sits in a red chair

Science Lives: Mathematician Vera Sós (1930–2023)

Ron Graham juggling by a body of water

Science Lives: Mathematician Ronald Graham (1935–2020)

Mikhail Gromov sitting in an auditorium

Science Lives: Mathematician Mikhail Gromov

Robbert Dijkgraaf in front of a bookshelf

Science Lives: Physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf

Faded picture of Dusa McDuff

Science Lives: Mathematician Dusa McDuff

Alexandre Chorin in front of a chalkboard

Science Lives: Mathematician Alexandre Chorin

Louis Nirenberg talking in front of a cloudy brown background

Science Lives: Mathematician Louis Nirenberg (1925–2020)

Grayscale photo of Peter Lax

Science Lives: Mathematician Peter Lax (1926–2025)

John Conway

Science Lives: Mathematician John Conway (1937–2020)

Portrait photo of Margaret Wright

Science Lives: Computer Scientist Margaret Wright

From left to right: Arlene Hastings, Lori Mulcare, and Phillip Griffiths sitting in the bush in South Africa.

Science Lives: Mathematician Phillip Griffiths

Video screenshot of Sydney Brenner

Sciences Lives: Biologist Sydney Brenner (1927–2019)

Video screenshot of Richard Karp

Science Lives: Computer Scientist Richard Karp

Ronald Kirby video still

Science Lives: Mathematician Robion Kirby

Michael Freedman in front of flowers

Science Lives: Mathematician Michael Freedman

Alfred Aho, a white man, is in front of a background that features shadows of old two ships on dark blue-green water

Science Lives: Computer Scientist Alfred Aho

Portrait photo of James D. Watson

Sciences Lives: Molecular Biologist James D. Watson (1928–2025)

Portrait photo of John McCarthy

Sciences Lives: Computer Scientist John McCarthy (1927–2011)

László Lovász in front of a bookshelf

Science Lives: Mathematician László Lovász

Cathleen Morawetz smiling to the right

Science Lives: Mathematician Cathleen Morawetz (1923–2017)

John Nash in front of a wooden background

Science Lives: Mathematician John Nash (1928–2015)

Jim Simons sitting in front of chalkboard.

Science Lives: Mathematician Jim Simons (1938–2024)

Pierre Deligne in front of a bookshelf

Science Lives: Mathematician Pierre Deligne

Robert D. MacPherson next to a beach painting

Science Lives: Mathematician Robert D. MacPherson

Video screenshot of Egbert Brieskorn

Science Lives: Mathematician Egbert Brieskorn (1936–2013)

Portrait photo of Yuri Manin

Science Lives: Mathematician Yuri Manin (1937–2023)

Side portrait of Chen-Ning Yang smiling

Science Lives: Physicist Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025)

Video screenshot of Friderich Hirzebruch

Science Lives: Mathematician Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012)

Isadore Singer in front of a chalkboard

Science Lives: Mathematician Isadore Singer (1924–2021)

Video screenshot of Michael Atiyah

Science Lives: Mathematician Michael Atiyah (1929–2019)