00:46:17 · Alex Immerman, John Somorjai
[00:46:17] S1: You came pretty close. [00:46:18] S0: He founded a field of chemist. Well, could argue M and A is a lot of chemistry in what we But yes, he founded a field of chemistry called surface chemistry and also spent a lot of time in catalysis, won many awards. We got to go to the White House when he won the National Medal of Science. It was it was incredible to grow up with a man like that and meet with his colleagues too. We had some of the most incredible minds in the world come to our house for dinner. My mother loved to host these incredible dinner parties. And so that was what life was like growing up. And it was one where you were really encouraged to be curious and also think about the future. And so that was that was really part of of the way I grew up, and I think it's really shaped who I am today. [00:47:19] S1: Yeah. I mean, that does seem to have a lot of parallels to what you do, and, you know, maybe those dinner parties and hanging out with the chemists had some similarity to hanging out with the AI researchers of today. [00:47:32] S0: That definitely... And and I also, you know, had a father who loved to teach all the time. And he would teach at the dinner table. He would teach in the car rides. He would teach when he was driving me to school. And so it was, you were just flooded with with information and knowledge all the time. So it was... He's a... He was a remarkable man. [00:47:51] S1: Amazing. Well, thank you so much for, spending the time with us today. This was really fun. [00:47:55] S0: Yeah. Thank you, Alex.
00:47:55 · John Somorjai, Erik Torenberg
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