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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.

Ahmed Zewail

I came from Egypt and I owe Egypt a lot to what I am now.
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Came Country Owe
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
Perhaps the most valuable thing he taught me (his father) was that there is no contradiction between devotion to work and enjoyment of life and people
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Contradiction Devotion Enjoy Father Most People Perhaps Taught Valuable Work
Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt but we need the science base.
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Base Country Need Resource Science Tremendous
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
You should have some time to think and that’s very important.
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Important Some Think Thinking Time
So, that’s my intention to focus my efforts there and I hope I will be able to do so.
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Able Focusmeffort Hope Intention
I think the Nobel Prize helps for a number of reasons. Number one, if I can be frank, there is these people will feel by getting a Nobel Prize that I’m one of them, that it is possible to contribute on the world map of science and technology.
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Government Help Nobel Prize Number Reason Technology 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
One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Book Enjoy Left Alone Most Thing
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
I do feel that there are tremendous amount of talent in Egypt, human resources.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Amount Country Feel Human Resource Talent Tremendous
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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Down Mistake Nobel People Prediction Science Thinking
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
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.
AHMED ZEWAIL

Atom Fundamental Guinness Moving Reason Time
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

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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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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