Giorgio Parisi is a Nobel Prize winning theoretical Physicist and Professor of Quantum Theories at Sapienza University.

In this episode today, Giorgio and I discuss:

00:00 - Introduction

00:25 - Why Giorgio chose Physics

02:22 - Was Giorgio a gifted child?

03:29 - Did Giorgio’s parents help him make his career choice?

05:16 - What was it like to lose the Nobel Prize

09:03 - Did losing the Nobel prize Make Giorgio a better scientist?

11:16 - How did Giorgio decide what to study

14:27 - The role of randomness and chance in Giorgio’s success

19:11 - The biggest obstacle that Giorgio had to overcome

21:37 - Overcoming setbacks

25:26 - How to generate ideas

28:41 - Richard Feynman

36:51 - Dr Becky, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Brian Cox

39:15 - The moment Giorgio found about he was going to win the Nobel Prize

41:01 - Emotions of winning the Nobel Prize

46:45 - Connect with Giorgio

48:30 - What makes a life worth living?

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