In May, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nobel Laureate and MIT physicist Frank Wilczek [1] for the SMU Mustang Physics Podcast. I was joined by co-host Holly Howard, SMU undergraduate and newly minted physics major. Professor Wilczek spoke to us about about how he got into math and eventually physics, and how his first serious project in physics led later to the receipt of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004. He was quite candid about his experience receiving the “call from Sweden.” We spoke for over 40 minutes, and this interview has been edited down for the podcast.
In addition, Holly spoke about the transition from high school to college and what present-Holly would tell past-Holly if she could go back in time. We also talked a little about why physics is so appealing.
Check out our conversation at http://blog.smu.edu/mustangphysics/.
[1] http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/wilczek_frank.html
