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The official handle for the Nobel Prize shared how scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan refused to believe he had won the prestigious award for Chemistry, and it is being widely shared on social media.
The structural biologist, who won the prestigious award over a decade ago “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”, initially he thought the call from the organisation was a prank call and was angered by it. According to a post shared by the official handle of the Nobel Prize, Ramakrishnan was in “a bad mood as his day had not started well”.
Instead, Ramakrishnan answered angrily: “Whoever put you up to this – I don’t believe you!”.
“The general secretary then came on to congratulate the newly awarded Chemistry Laureate, who still was very sceptical. The general secretary tried to convince him that the news was true but it wasn’t until Ramakrishnan got to speak with the committee member Måns Ehrenberg (who he had met before) that he believed it,” the post said.
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It was when Ramakrishnan heard people laughing in the background that he realised that he was on loud speaker.
The post got a lot of attention online, with many commenting on how a rough day could turn into an extraordinary one.
The post was shared by the official handle with this year’s winners set to be announced from October 5. The handle often shares lesser known, and fun, facts about previous winners as well as trivia.
From Albert Einstein to Amartya Sen, the handle has already shared other stories involving awardees in the days leading upto the 2020 ceremony.
