The first of its kind to explore the Nobel Prize experience
"Dad, some guy is calling from Sweden." It was 2:30am on October
13th, 1998, the youngest son in the Laughlin house had answered the
phone. His dad had just become a recipient of the Nobel Prize in
physics.
Frantic and funny events of the next two months are chronicled
as the Laughlin's academic household morphs into a madcap staging
area for the family and thirty guests who will be in attendance
during Nobel week. From tickets to Stockholm to clothing
measurements, Nobel lecture preparations, attach assistance and a
quick trip to the White House for a formal reception with President
and Mrs. Clinton, readers will laugh out loud while gasping in
awe.
The glorious Nobel ceremony and elaborate banquet is held each
winter with a viewing audience of tens of millions. An intimate
dinner with King Gustaf in his royal palace follows the Nobel
evening in which Anita Laughlin finds herself the King's dinner
partner for what becomes an evening of hilarious surprises, and
yes, reindeer.
This book is laced with cartoons drawn by Bob Laughlin that
evoke collective feelings of surprise and bewilderment as he and
his wife ascend the steep learning curve of Swedish protocol
together.
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