I find it almost a necessity to tell the public at large that there is truth, there is absolute truth, what I hope is understood is the importance of the Nobel Prize in making people aware of the importance of curiosity-driven science or arts.

Reinhard Genzel

Reinhard Genzel (German: [??a??nha?t ???ntsl?]; born 24 March 1952) is a German astrophysicist, co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a professor at LMU and an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy", which he shared with Andrea Ghez and Roger Penrose. In a 2021 interview given to Federal University of Pará in Brazil, Genzel recalls his journey as a physicist; the influence of his father, Ludwig Genzel; his experiences working with Charles H. Townes; and more.

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