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Welcome to Science Talk, the podcast of Scientific American, for the seven days starting

May 3rd.

I'm Steve Murski.

This week on a special edition of the podcast, we'll talk with Nobel Prize-winning

MIT physicist Frank Wilcheck and his wife, Betsy Devine. And then we'll talk with Nobel Prize-winning MIT physicist Frank Wilcheck

and his wife, Betsy Devine. And then we'll squeeze in a quick round of our science quiz.

Frank Wilcheck shared the 2004 physics Nobel with David Gross and David Pollitzer for their work

explaining the strong force that holds atomic nuclei together. It was a key step in the search for a grand

unified theory of everything. Frank has a new book out, which Betsy contributed to. I caught up with

them at a party celebrating the publication of the book at their editor's house in Brooklyn.

We retreated to a fairly quiet room, but you'll still get a taste of New York life in the

background, helicopters, sirens,

cell phones, and some kitchen clattering. In this first part of the interview, we talked about the book

and what it's like to get a call from Stockholm at 5.30 in the morning.

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