To tell the truth, I am a fan of Prof.
Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel Prize winter.
He is a scientist and also warm-hearted person. Such scientists like him are rare. Therefore, he is truly a treasure for all
humanity. He knows what is truly
important.
Masatoshi
Takeshita
November
27, 2012
English translation of an excerpt from Summary of Associate Prof. of Kyoto University Hiroaki Koide’s Unofficial Website –
November 27, 2012 –
It Is Revealed on November 15 That Prf.
Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel Prize Winner, Had Attended Lecture by Associate Prof. Hiroaki
Koide As an Audience! (Interviewer:
Noriyuki Imanishi)
Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel Prize
winner, attended the lecture by Associate Prof. Hiroaki Koide.
On November 15, a video picture on the interview
with Associate Prof. Hiroaki Koide made by Mr. Noriyuki Imanishi, “Suki Suki
Tanemaki no Kai,” was webcasted on YOU TUBE.
We would like to share it in this blog, too.
Imanishi: Did
Prof. Yamanaka attend your lecture meeting?
Koide:
Yes, he came as
an audience.
Imanishi:
When?
Koide: A
little over one year ago.
Imanishi: It’s
after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, wasn’t it?
Koide: Yes. I was given a chance to speak at Nara Women’s
University. I gave an ordinary
lecture. Prof. Yamanaka was among the
audience. After the lecture, he came to talk
with me. At first, I didn’t recognize that
he was Prof. Yamanaka. Later I
participated in an exchange party held by organizers, but he seemed to refuse
participating in it. Therefore, I ended
up standing around chatting with him before the party.
Imanishi: What
did you talk about?
Koide: He
took up the biological effects of radiation as a topic. I said what I had been thinking about it. I had an impression that he is different from
so-called great people.
Imanishi: How
different?
Koide: Great
people usually won’t attend my lecture.
Imanishi: Well,
I certainly think so.
Koide: Such
people who have achieved social status live in established society or
organization. Basically, they have no interest
in the world outside. Even more, almost
none of them come out to attend such a lecture as an audience.
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