Sidney Altman quotes
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“Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.”
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“Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate student in biophysics.”
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“The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.”
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“Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative tranquillity and in a land with a generous and forward-looking government.”
-- Sidney AltmanSource : Sidney Altman's speech at the Nobel Banquet, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.
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“I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.”
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“I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics.”
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“By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.”
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“For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.”
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“About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power.”
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“I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good at his studies.”
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“My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.”
-- Sidney Altman
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