Celebrating Michael Levitt’s Nobel prize

This video clip (5:33) follows Israeli-American-British biophysicist Michael Levitt’s emotionally-charged morning on the day of the announcement that he was one of three winners of 2013’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. From a 2 a.m. phone call to an influx of press in his humble home to an early-morning television interview and a Stanford University ceremony in his honor, Levitt maintains his signature sense of humor and takes it all in stride. His post-prize aspirations? « More of the same, » he says. « I want to carry on enjoying my family. To try to keep life as normal as possible, which they tell me is impossible… »