I don't believe anybody can really grasp everything that's even in one textbook.

As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it.

If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications.

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.