I think the Nobel Prize helps for a number of reasons. Number one, if I can be frank, there is these people will feel by getting a Nobel Prize that I'm one of them, that it is possible to contribute on the world map of science and technology. And the other thing also which I'm hoping for is that the government in Egypt is willing and interested in promoting science and technology and this is an ideal time now to be able to do something.
For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a mistake. - Ahmed H. Zewail
For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a mistake.
- Ahmed H. Zewail
Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds. - Ahmed H. Zewail
Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.
You should have some time to think and that's very important. - Ahmed H. Zewail
You should have some time to think and that's very important.
Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women mad… - Ahmed H. Zewail
Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women mad…
Everybody thinks some times that science is done as a master plan and that somebody like me came from Mars and figured out everything and so on, but … - Ahmed H. Zewail
Everybody thinks some times that science is done as a master plan and that somebody like me came from Mars and figured out everything and so on, but …
Think about the whole world of biological complex sciences. We still don't understand the way a protein folds the way it does. - Ahmed H. Zewail
Think about the whole world of biological complex sciences. We still don't understand the way a protein folds the way it does.
I thought in my Nobel Lecture I pointed that I was delighted that the Swedish Academy of Science did not quote anything about my current work right n… - Ahmed H. Zewail
I thought in my Nobel Lecture I pointed that I was delighted that the Swedish Academy of Science did not quote anything about my current work right n…
Syria is the proud heir of an ancient civilization that has a unique spectrum of minorities that encompasses Muslims and Christians of various denomi… - Ahmed H. Zewail
Syria is the proud heir of an ancient civilization that has a unique spectrum of minorities that encompasses Muslims and Christians of various denomi…
Perhaps the most valuable thing he taught me (his father) was that there is no contradiction between devotion to work and enjoyment of life and people - Ahmed H. Zewail
Perhaps the most valuable thing he taught me (his father) was that there is no contradiction between devotion to work and enjoyment of life and people
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