Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate student in biophysics.
Sidney Altman
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Sidney Altman
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: May 7
Academic
Biochemist
Biologist
Biophysicist
Chemist
Molecular Biologist
Physicist
University Teacher
Montreal
Quebec
Working
Eight
Enroll
Left
Summer
Colorado
Program
Columbia
Later
Graduate
Decided
Graduates
Students
Studying
Months
Student
Study
Physics
More quotes by Sidney Altman
Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative tranquillity and in a land with a generous and forward-looking government.
Sidney Altman
About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power.
Sidney Altman
I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.
Sidney Altman
For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.
Sidney Altman
Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.
Sidney Altman
I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good at his studies.
Sidney Altman