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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

Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don’t think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can say that he’s the best.
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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.
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I came from Egypt and I owe Egypt a lot to what I am now.
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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.
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There is a danger one has to really be knowing much more because you can’t be too narrow on science.
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There are many, many books I’ve read and I think this is quite naïve actually because we all just try to uncover something.
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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.
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We don’t work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.
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You should have some time to think and that’s very important.
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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.
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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.
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Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.
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When I was a child, I thought of my Delta town as the center of the universe, but now I realize how little I know about the universe.
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For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a mistake.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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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.

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