You should have some time to think and that’s very important.
AHMED ZEWAILWomen 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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Think about the whole world of biological complex sciences. We still don’t understand the way a protein folds the way it does.
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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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Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.
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I don’t know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.
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Syria is the proud heir of an ancient civilization that has a unique spectrum of minorities that encompasses Muslims and Christians of various denominations. There are at least ten such ethnic and religious groups.
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So, that’s my intention to focus my efforts there and I hope I will be able to do so.
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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 came from Egypt and I owe Egypt a lot to what I am now.
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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.
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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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Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt but we need the science base.
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I do have a concern however, humanity has a great way of adapting and I’m sure scientists of the future, probably after I leave this planet, earth will have a new way of dealing with the internet but I do have a concern in the transition period.
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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 am not one of the new media experts working all the time with my computers and the PowerPoint’s and things of that sort.
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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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