When Jewish Stanford economist Paul Milgrom was awarded the Nobel Prize on Monday, organisers initially struggled to reach him.
It wasn’t until his neighbour and co-laureate Robert Wilson knocked on his door at around 2am and broke the news to him that he found out he had won the prestigious accolade.
Footage of the moment, captured on Mr Milgrom’s security camera, was shared on social media by Stanford University.
Mr Milgrom’s wife, who was then in Stockholm, received an alert on her phone and watched the exchange in real time, the Californian university said.
