Paul Nurse Quotes

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• Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.
• It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion.
• At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.
• I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.
• My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that were…
• I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.
• Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading…
• During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.
• I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.
• I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one…
• I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also remember…
• 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…
• I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.
• I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough…
• It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.
• 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…
• My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a…
• My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at…
• Therefore, I reasoned that study of the cell cycle responsible for the reproduction of cells was important and might even be illuminating about the nature…
• This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could…

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