I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work.

It is not necessarily true that expensive experiments are not worthwhile doing but there are plenty of rather cheap experiments which are certainly worth doing.

It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but - bearing in mind my age and medical history - I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward.

I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.

I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work.

You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.

Usually, if you have a new idea, you very rarely break through to anything like recognizable development or implementation of that idea the first time around - it takes two or three goes for the research community to return to the topic.