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 hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

I was a bad practicing physician because I was never sure of the diagnosis or of the treatment.

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 certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

Everybody has to learn for the first time.