More than 20 Nobel Laureates have ties to the Bay Area. In the first hour of a special two-hour program, Forum assesses how and why the Bay Area has been able to foster such an environment of creativity, innovation and imagination.
The Nobel Prize and the Bay Area -- A History of Innovation
Guests:
Dr. J. Michael Bishop, Nobel laureate for medicine and chancellor at the University of California at San Francisco. He is author of the book "How to Win A Nobel Prize"
Dr. Robert Semper, executive associate director of the Exploratorium
Donna Shirley, manager of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA from 1994 to 1998 and author of "Managing Martians" and "Managing Creativity: A Practical Guide to Inventing, Developing and Producing Innovative Products"
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of "Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Innovation" and professor of psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University
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