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. — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
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. — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy. — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of… — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as… — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity. — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
We are united in the hope that every individual will someday enjoy at least the intellectual privileges we have had, if not always the… — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a… — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good… — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth. — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
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… — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
“All the people who do well work very hard. Nobody who has a record of achievement has been lazy about it.” — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments. — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time… — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis. — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
