This work made me more and more interested in biological matter, and I decided that I really wanted to work on the X-ray analysis of biological molecules. — Aaron Klug Copy Share Image
My father was trained as a saddler, but in fact as a young man worked in his father's business of rearing and selling cattle,… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
This field is not necessarily glamorous, nor does it often produce immediate results, but it seeks to increase our basic understanding of living processes. — Aaron Klug Copy Share
The philosophy of the school was quite simple - the bright boys specialised in Latin, the not so bright in science and the rest… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes, but increasing responsibilities have forced me to shed much of… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
People who get Nobel prizes aren't necessarily the most imaginative of people. People who sometimes find a system, develop a system, do very useful… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
Shortly after I was born he emigrated to Durban, where members of my mother's family had settled at the turn of the century, and… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
This work made me more and more interested in biological matter, and I decided that I really wanted to work on the X-ray analysis… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
However, I should perhaps add that during the 20 years I have been back in Cambridge, I have been actively involved in the teaching… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
In the course of my stay there, I also showed how one could analyse the experimental kinetic curves for the reaction of haemoglobin with… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
I did not feel a particularly strong call to any one subject, but read voraciously and widely and began to find science interesting. — Aaron Klug Copy Share
The work requires a moderately large investment in technological and theoretical developments and long periods of time to carry them out, without the pressure… — Aaron Klug Copy Share
