Nobel Laureates

7 episodes.

Nobel Laureates · Nº 01
Auctions
Two economists who didn't study a market. They built one.
Nobel Laureates · Nº 02
Equilibrium
He proved everyone can be doing their best, and everyone can be losing.
Nobel Laureates · Nº 03
Commons
Economics said shared land must die. She went and looked.
Nobel Laureates · Nº 04
Ulcers
Every doctor knew nothing survives stomach acid. One doctor drank the proof.
Nobel Laureates · Nº 05
CRISPR
A footnote in 1987. Rejected by four journals. Now it cures people.
Nobel Laureates · Nº 06
Wormwood
A secret military project. A recipe from the year 340. She took the first dose herself.
Nobel Laureates · Nº 07
Graphene
Physics had proved it could not exist. They found it with sticky tape, on a Friday night.