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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.

Ahmed Zewail

I thought in my Nobel Lecture I pointed that I was delighted that the Swedish Academy of Science did not quote anything about my current work right now, because the current work that my group is focusing on is actually both the time resolve.
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Academy Delighted Goal Group Lecture Nobel Now Pointed Quote Science Thought Work
I came from Egypt and I owe Egypt a lot to what I am now.
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Came Country Owe
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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Government Hoping Ideal Interesting Promoting Something Technology
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
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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Child Children Little Mean Realize Town Universe
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.
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Atom Fundamental Guinness Moving Reason Time
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
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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Always Brillant Discovery Full Large Question Universe Young
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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Biological Complex Doe Science Thinking World
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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Bang Big Evolving Human People Species Understand Way
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
Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt but we need the science base.
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Base Country Need Resource Science Tremendous
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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Danger Knowing Narrow Really Science
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
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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Best Last Nobel People Secretary Singular Six Twenties
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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Ancient Christian Civilization Community Country Proud Religious Spectrum Unique

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