Tale of the brave books2/17/2023 His new book is called "Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize." It's a great mix of wartime history, philosophy and the tale of how molecular biology was born. My next guest has chronicled the story of their lives. Later in life they became friends and both went on to win Nobel Prizes in their respective fields. These two guys are both leaders in the French Resistance, trying in one way or another to free France from the Nazis. Remember Camus? Remember, you probably read "The Stranger" back in high school? I know I did. Living there were two gentlemen, the biologist Jacques Monod, and the philosopher Albert Camus. Now coming up next, our Nobel hour continues, but I want to take you back to France in World War II, during the Nazi occupation.
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