Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
I built on the efforts of a previous scientist, others will build on the work I'm doing and if I look at the whole… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
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… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
When I was a child, I thought of my Delta town as the center of the universe, but now I realize how little I… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
When I give a lecture on Egypt there are thousands of people in the lecture hall, so obviously they would like to go to… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
I do feel that there are tremendous amount of talent in Egypt, human resources. — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
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… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
If you like, there is a Guinness time. The reason for that it's fundamental. It is not that we have to keep shortening the… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
I thought in my Nobel Lecture I pointed that I was delighted that the Swedish Academy of Science did not quote anything about my… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
Think about the whole world of biological complex sciences. We still don't understand the way a protein folds the way it does. — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
I think the Nobel Prize helps for a number of reasons. Number one, if I can be frank, there is these people will feel… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
I found with my students they don't necessarily look at journals any more, but they print right away from the internet what's relevant to… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
I do feel quite strongly about this that probably one of the things that unfortunately this age now to get a Nobel Prize is… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
“Interestingly, this was the only incident of blatant prejudice that I can remember. But I am aware that such opinions exist in human beings,… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
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… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share
