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 ZEWAILThe fastest possible speeds are determined by their molecular vibrations and this speeds is about a kilometre per second.
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When I give a lecture on Egypt there are thousands of people in the lecture hall, so obviously they would like to go to science and they would love to do science, but you really have to get the correct science base in order for them to interact.
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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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But the universe at large is full of questions that we still don’t know anything about and there will be always young people brilliant who are going to make new discoveries.
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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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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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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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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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I do feel that there are tremendous amount of talent in Egypt, human resources.
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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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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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Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious – but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance.
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So, I’m an old fashioned still in this regard but these are the moment where I really can be creative, if I am, to be left alone with just a book and piece of paper and to be thinking.
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You should have some time to think and that’s very important.
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One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.
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