Editor's Note: This article was originally published on an earlier version of »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·.org on 2007-09-27.
Each month during 2007 - the »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ· newsroom is profiling notable Coloradans who embody the unique spirit of our state. University of Colorado Physicist and Nobel Laureate Eric Cornell has experienced life's extremes. As »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·'s Brian Larson reports - Cornell's can do attitude and positive outlook - may outweigh his triumphs in the laboratory.