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So, that’s my intention to focus my efforts there and I hope I will be able to do so.

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
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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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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I do feel that there are tremendous amount of talent in Egypt, human resources.
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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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Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The fastest possible speeds are determined by their molecular vibrations and this speeds is about a kilometre per second.
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