Sidney Altman Quotes

• The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.

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  Origin Of Life, Rna, World

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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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  Hypothesis, Phenomenon, Instance

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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.

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  Inspiration, Opportunity, Government

  Sidney Altman's speech at the Nobel Banquet, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.

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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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  Growing Up, Boys, Role Models

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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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  Book, Years, Saws

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• For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.

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  Opportunity, Land, Canada

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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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  Summer, Eight, Colorado

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• I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.

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  Son, Poor, Montreal

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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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  Opportunity, Waiting, Months

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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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  Father, School, College

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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.

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  Technology, Events, Massachusetts

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