THE "MAGIC" GIFT OF THE NOBEL LAUREATES

The Nobel Laureates Robert Wilson, Harold Kroto and John Mather, together with the President of the Cabildo of Tenerife Carlos Alonso, the Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, at the beginning of the meeting in the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, of Museo
The Nobel Laureates Robert Wilson, Harold Kroto and John Mather, together with the President of the Cabildo of Tenerife Carlos Alonso, the Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, at the beginning of the meeting in the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, of Museo
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The Nobel prizewinners in Physics, Robert Wilson and John Mather,  and in Chemistry, Harold Kroto, together with Robert Williams, astrophysicist and former President of the IAU, gave answers this morning (for last Friday) questions from the general public in a meeting organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, belonging to the Museos de Tenerife, following a visit to the headquarters of the IAC in La Laguna.

"If you had a magic wand, what would be the best present you could give to a boy or girl to encourage them to take up a scientific career?"

The distinguished guest, who had come to Tenerife to participate in the STARMUS festival, answer the question without resorting to magic: a microscope and a telescope, with which to discover the world on the smallest and the largest scales, the chance to do science with their own hands, and a good system of exducation which gives equal opportunities to all girls and boys, without any differences between their economic level or the place where they live.

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