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
William Browder in front of a chalkboard
Elias Stein talking in front of a chalkboard
Endre Szemerédi sits in front of a white wall
Vera Sos sits in a red chair
Ron Graham juggling by a body of water
Mikhail Gromov sitting in an auditorium
Robbert Dijkgraaf in front of a bookshelf
Faded picture of Dusa McDuff
Alexandre Chorin in front of a chalkboard
Louis Nirenberg talking in front of a cloudy brown background
Grayscale photo of Peter Lax
John Conway
Portrait photo of Margaret Wright
From left to right: Arlene Hastings, Lori Mulcare, and Phillip Griffiths sitting in the bush in South Africa.
Video screenshot of Sydney Brenner
Video screenshot of Richard Karp
Ronald Kirby video still
Michael Freedman in front of flowers
Alfred Aho, a white man, is in front of a background that features shadows of old two ships on dark blue-green water
Portrait photo of James D. Watson
Portrait photo of John McCarthy
László Lovász in front of a bookshelf
Cathleen Morawetz smiling to the right
John Nash in front of a wooden background
Jim Simons sitting in front of chalkboard.
Pierre Deligne in front of a bookshelf
Robert D. MacPherson next to a beach painting
Video screenshot of Egbert Brieskorn
Portrait photo of Yuri Manin
Side portrait of Chen-Ning Yang smiling
Video screenshot of Friderich Hirzebruch
Video screenshot of Michael Atiyah
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