An interview with 1969 Nobel Physics Laureate Murray Gell-Mann on 9 December 2001

Professor Gell-Mann tells of how being awarded the Nobel Prize increases the number of stories people make up about you, describes the origins of the term ‘quark’, ( 2:10 ), explains his studies of complexity ( 3:46 ) and talks about his engagement in environmental issues in order to preserve the heritage of biological diversity ( 9:41 ).

The interviewer was science writer Joanna Rose.