JUST SAY NO: 1993 laureate Michael Smith was advised to turn down invitations.
ONSLAUGHT: Phillip Sharp says media attention on winners lasts "for weeks."
"You're in much greater public demand," he explains. "In the three years since I won, I've never worked harder." While the newest batch of Nobel Prize winners, who were named last month (see story on page 1), are still caught up in the excitement of the moment-they don't receive their awards formally until December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death-those who have won in recent years have had time to reflect on their experience.
Most scientists say the award has changed them little. Many, of course, are retired and no longer conducting bench research. Others are content to continue their careers much as before, though none are left untouched by the special prestige attached to winning a Nobel Prize.
FLURRY: Rudolph Marcus reports a "flurry ...
