10K views · 618 reactions | “Actually I thought it was one of the numerous jokes… but there was so much static on the line I knew it had to be real.” - George Smith on the phone call from Stockholm where he learned he'd been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Listen to the full interview: | Nobel Prize | Facebook

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