black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

We still don’t understand how the big bang and evolving all the way to the human species and so on. So all of this is going to be a very, very exciting to the new people.

Ahmed Zewail

And the other thing also which I’m hoping for is that the government in Egypt is willing and interested in promoting science and technology and this is an ideal time now to be able to do something.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Government Hoping Ideal Interesting Promoting Something Technology
We still don’t understand how the big bang and evolving all the way to the human species and so on. So all of this is going to be a very, very exciting to the new people.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Bang Big Evolving Human People Species Understand Way
The fastest possible speeds are determined by their molecular vibrations and this speeds is about a kilometre per second.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Determine Fastest Kilometre Molecular Possible Second Speed
Electrons and possibly x-rays to be able to get the architecture of these molecules, the molecular structures themselves, of very complex biological systems. That’s the ultimate goal.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Able Architecture Biological Goal Molecular Structure Themselves Ultimate
If you like, there is a Guinness time. The reason for that it’s fundamental. It is not that we have to keep shortening the time. It turns out all molecular and biological systems have speeds of the atoms move inside them.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Atom Fundamental Guinness Moving Reason Time
When they called me with the Nobel call from Secretary General of the Swedish Academy it was twenty minutes to six and he said well that was well hope I’m not disturbing you but I am the Secretary General of the Swedish Academy.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Best Last Nobel People Secretary Singular Six Twenties
As a child, I thought I was immortal, but now I recognize how limited a time we all have. As a child, success meant scoring A on every exam, but now I take it to mean good health, close family and friends, achieve- ments in my work, and helping others.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Child Exam Family Good Health Help Immortal Limited Recognize Success Time
I want to really focus on doing this two things I really would like to focus on science and the excitement of science and to help with science.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Doing Effort Excitement Focus Science Thing Two
Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Basic Best Invest Mind Recruit Research
Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt but we need the science base.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Base Country Need Resource Science Tremendous
Think about the whole world of biological complex sciences. We still don’t understand the way a protein folds the way it does.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Biological Complex Doe Science Thinking World
Perhaps the most valuable thing he taught me (his father) was that there is no contradiction between devotion to work and enjoyment of life and people
AHMED ZEWAIL

Contradiction Devotion Enjoy Father Most People Perhaps Taught Valuable Work
Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a woman. In Alexandria, my friends were Christians and Muslims.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Academic Adviser Class Friend Made People Senior University Women
I found with my students they don’t necessarily look at journals any more, but they print right away from the internet what’s relevant to what’s he doing you see.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Internet Journal Look Necessarily Relevant Right Student
I do feel quite strongly about this that probably one of the things that unfortunately this age now to get a Nobel Prize is to really use part of it to help the young people get excited about science.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Age Feel Nobel People Prize Probably Quite Strongly Unfortunately Use
I think the Nobel Prize helps for a number of reasons. Number one, if I can be frank, there is these people will feel by getting a Nobel Prize that I’m one of them, that it is possible to contribute on the world map of science and technology.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Government Help Nobel Prize Number Reason Technology Thinking

We still don’t understand how the big bang and evolving all the way to the human species and so on. So all of this is going to be a very, very exciting to the new people.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

We still don’t understand how the big bang and evolving all the way to the human species and so on. So all of this is going to be a very, very exciting to the new people.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ahmed Zewail Quotes