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Science Lives is a series of extended interviews with some of the giants of 20th-century mathematics and science.
The above short film was created by the filmmaker George Csicsery to introduce the Science Lives project to attendees of the 2013 Joint Mathematics Meetings held in San Diego.
This collection, organized in collaboration with Hugo Rossi of the University of Utah, provides an opportunity to watch these great men and women discuss their lives and their thinking about science and our world.
Click here to see a current alphabetical listing of interviews.