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I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science. – Paul Nurse

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Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science. – Paul Nurse

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It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways. – Paul Nurse

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I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy. – Paul Nurse

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Experimental science is fascinating, but I dont want to do it. I want other people to do it, and Ill read about it. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Science is nothing but perception. – Plato

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What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet. – James Hansen

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Im a geophysicist and all my earth science books when I was a student, I had to give the wrong answer to get an A. We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at. We learned of Marshall Kays geosynclinal cycle, which is a bunch of crap. – Robert Ballard

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