Public lecture at Uppsala University by 2011 Nobel Laureate in chemistry Professor Dan Shechtman titled The Discovery of Quasicrystals For many years it has been a tradition to invite the year’s Nobel Prize laureates to Uppsala University in connection with the Nobel Prize festivities in Stockholm. The programme for the visit includes a reception with the Vice-Chancellor and lunch at Uppsala Castle, but also the much appreciated and well-attended open lectures given by the guest laureates. Recorded on 13 December 2011. http://www.uu.se/

2011 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Dan Shechtman, describes the span of reactions, good and bad, to his discovery of quasicrystals. See the complete interview: http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1746

We sat down for an interview with Nobel Prize winner Dan Shechtman to talk about how the prize changed his life and his perspective on his legacy.