He’s won the Nobel Prize. That may be the least of Venki Ramakrishnan’s genius
He decoded the secrets of the ribosome - and thereby made a gamechanging contribution to our understanding of the human species itself
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He’s been called one of the 25 greatest living global Indians. He’s been knighted by Queen Elizabeth for services to science. He’s won the prestigious Padma Vibhushan.
But the titles – even the world’s most coveted intellectual prize of them all, the Nobel – don’t tell the story of how he helped decode some of the most complex secrets in genetics at the frontiers of biology and physics, and in the process unlocked a new window into how life works.
And in this riveting conversation, the hyper-articulate, plain-speaking Sir Venki tells the riveting story of the human species, why the pursuit of science is an act of courage – and where science is set to take us.
