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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…
• 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…
• 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…
• I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and…
• I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of…

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