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Ahmed Zewail

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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Christian Culture Deeply Faith Moderation Religious Remained Revolution Secular Senior Tolerance
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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The fastest possible speeds are determined by their molecular vibrations and this speeds is about a kilometre per second.
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Determine Fastest Kilometre Molecular Possible Second Speed
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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Correct Country Interact Lecture Obviously Order People Science
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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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Alone Book Creative Fashioned Moment Old Paper Piece Regard Thinking
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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Academic Adviser Class Friend Made People Senior University Women
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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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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Child Exam Family Good Health Help Immortal Limited Recognize Success Time
I built on the efforts of a previous scientist, others will build on the work I’m doing and if I look at the whole scope from chemistry to biology to physics, it’s just the list is too long to mention just one and it’s not fair to the others.
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Build Doing Effort List Long Previous Scientist Work
One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.
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Book Enjoy Left Alone Most Thing
So, that’s my intention to focus my efforts there and I hope I will be able to do so.
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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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Adapte Concern Future Great Humanity Period Scientist Sure Way
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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Able Architecture Biological Goal Molecular Structure Themselves Ultimate
Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt but we need the science base.
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Base Country Need Resource Science Tremendous
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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