Me & Isaac Newton

Release Date:
Sep 17, 1999
Running Time:
1:45
Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Michael Apted
Cast:
Paul G. Allen Presenter
Gertrude Elion Herself (chemist)
Ashok Gadgil Himself (environmental physicist)
Michio Kaku Himself (theoretical physicist)
Maja Mataric Herself (computer scientist)
Steven Pinker Himself (cognitive scientist)
Karol Sikora Himself (professor of cancer medicine)
Patricia Wright Herself (primatologist)
Producers:
Eileen Gregory , Jody Patton
Language:
English

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This documentary profiles seven world-class scientists who discuss their careers, obsessions and inspirations. Among them, physicist Michio Kaku explains his fascination with string theory while reflecting on his childhood as a Japanese-American. Primatologist Patricia Wright describes her first trip to the jungles of Madagascar and her enchantment with the lemurs living there. Chemist Gertrude Elion never completed her doctorate, but nonetheless won a Nobel Prize for her pioneering research.

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