'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm': Dr Bob Lefkowitz
In a highly entertaining and informative podcast, Andy Lopata talks to Nobel Laureate, Bob Lefkowitz. Author of 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm'. In his varied and successful career, Bob extensively uses stories, anecdotes and humour to get his message across effectively . He illustrates all his answers to Andy's questions in the same way including describing the amazing experience of receiving his Nobel Prize for Chemistry. They discuss mentoring, using data effectively, the importance of humour and competiton. Mentoring has played a significant part for him and it is a balance between being critical and being encouraging. Bob believes that failure is a huge part in ultimate success. Competition is important in science driving the scientific process.