Last night we were watching the Daily Show (a day late, but man... Hulu.com is terrific for folks without any sort of cable!) and Energy Secretary and Nobel prize winner Steven Chu was the guest.
Does anyone else just want to be friends with him? He was so happy, smart, funny... it was terrific. Yay Obama administration.
I liked the interview he gave in the NYTimes a while back (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19wwln-q4-t.html?_r=1)
ReplyDeleteEspecially the part where they asked him if his family was impressed about his prize and he says his mom was like “That’s nice — and when are you going to see me next?”.
(although his answer about the fridge doesn't make much sense with the question, there must have been some funny editing)
I was a grad student at Stanford when he was still a professor here. He can be really charming, but he was also pretty unkind and unsupportive to many grad students over the years. Don't be fooled by the smiling exterior! :)
ReplyDeleteoh no! that is so sad!!
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