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Robert J. Lefkowitz and Randy Hall
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series, the Harvard Univeristy Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome Nobel Laureate ROBERT J. LEFKOWITZ and co-author RANDY HALL—former post-doctoral trainee of Dr. Lefkowitz and Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine—for a discussion of their book A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm: The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist. Their conversation will be moderated by THOMAS MICHEL, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Like Richard Feynman in the field of physics, Dr. Robert Lefkowitz is also known for being a larger-than-life character: a not-immodest, often self-deprecating, always entertaining raconteur. Indeed, when he received the Nobel Prize, the press corps in Sweden covered him intensively, describing him as “the happiest Laureate.”
In addition to his time as a physician, from being a "yellow beret" in the public health corps with Dr. Anthony Fauci to his time as a cardiologist, and his extraordinary transition to biochemistry, which would lead to his Nobel Prize win, Dr. Lefkowitz has ignited passion and curiosity as a fabled mentor and teacher.
But it's all in a day's work, as Lefkowitz reveals in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm, which is filled to the brim with anecdotes and energy, and gives us a glimpse into the life of one of today's leading scientists.
