94 Quotes About British-scientist

  • Author Mary Leakey
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    I think it's the most important find in view of human evolution. I was really looking for tools, but we never found any at the site.

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  • Author R. Laing
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    It is a pleasure to me to run up to London and enjoy the collections at the National Gallery, South Kensington, and the Royal Academy.

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  • Author Joseph Needham
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    Although there is a very large literature, still growing almost daily, on the Chinese calendar, its interest is, we suggest, much more archaeological and historical than scientific.

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  • Author Paul Nurse
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    I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial molecular genetics and an excellent reputation in biology.

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  • Author Paul Nurse
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    A key issue in developmental biology at that time was the problem of how cells underwent differentiation, with most workers concentrating on explanations in terms of changes in enzyme and gene regulation.

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  • Author Paul Nurse
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    This progress in the molecular analysis of the cell cycle led to more interest being taken in my work and as a consequence to greater competition.

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  • Author Paul Nurse
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    My life-long interest in astronomy started then and I still regularly use a telescope for astronomical observations, although very much as an amateur.

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  • Author Paul Nurse
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    I enjoyed my time at primary school because my teachers made the world seem such an interesting place and encouraged my innate curiosity.

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