I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy. — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science. — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky. — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
Ever since Sir Isaac Newton's times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way: They show a great respect for experiment and observation, They don't cherry pick data, They take a skeptical approach to what they do. And then scientists work together to get a consensus as to what should be believed And that generates very reliable knowledge and… — Paul Nurse Copy Share
I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science. — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
Therefore, I reasoned that study of the cell cycle responsible for the reproduction of cells was important and might even be illuminating about the… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
