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.
AHMED ZEWAILAlthough 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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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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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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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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One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.
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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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Everybody thinks some times that science is done as a master plan and that somebody like me came from Mars and figured out everything and so on, but that’s really not the way it worked.
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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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So, that’s my intention to focus my efforts there and I hope I will be able to do so.
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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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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 do feel that there are tremendous amount of talent in Egypt, human resources.
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You should have some time to think and that’s very important.
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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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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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