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

The central moral issue of science is that we do not have a science of peace and hardly know where to begin in building one.

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.

A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke.

Try hard to find out what you're good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that.

I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while.

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