A for Effort: Professor Emeritus Pierre Agostini wins 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

“I wanted to do math and they completely discouraged me, saying that’s too difficult, I would never make it. Alright, so I took physics, which was closest to mind.” 

That’s not something you would expect to hear from the 2023 Nobel Prize winner in physics, but for Professor Emeritus Pierre Agostini, it was the start of a long career that culminated in one of science’s highest honors last year.