The fun way to win a Nobel prize (Image: Jon Super/AP/PA)
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, winners of this year’s physics Nobel, spoke to Michael Brooks about the enjoyment and frustrations of their work, and the prospects for graphene, the wonder material that brought them global fame
You included a hamster as co-author on one of your papers and made frogs levitate. You made graphene by playing with Scotch tape and pencil leads. It’s not an approach that normally leads to a Nobel prize.
Andre Geim: A playful attitude has always been the hallmark of my research, but even the flying frog was…
