Nobel laureate Donna Strickland on her life in lasers
She became the third ever woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, and the first in 50 years. This is the story of how Donna Strickland became a "Laser Jock", and why she's now on a mission to restore trust in science. This event was recorded at the Centre for Ideas at the University of New South Wales. Speakers Donna Strickland Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo, Canada 2018 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (with Gérard Mourou) Tegan Taylor (host) Presenter, Life Matters and What's that Rash? ABC Radio National Further information: About Donna Strickland, 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics
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She became the third ever woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, and the first in 50 years. This is the story of how Donna Strickland became a "Laser Jock", and why she's now on a mission to restore trust in science.
This event was recorded at the Centre for Ideas at the University of New South Wales.
Speakers
Donna StricklandProfessor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo, Canada2018 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (with Gérard Mourou)
Tegan Taylor (host) Presenter, Life Matters and What's that Rash? ABC Radio National
Further information: