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Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg
American Scientist
Born: May 23, 1925
Died: Feb 2, 2008
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To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing. Joshua Lederberg
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks. Joshua Lederberg
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When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells. Joshua Lederberg
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If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that. Joshua Lederberg
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Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy. Joshua Lederberg
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I was making a lot of momentous personal decisions. I was still very very young: when the prize was awarded, I was 33; the work I had done when I was 21. Joshua Lederberg
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I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that. Joshua Lederberg
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I don't believe anybody can really grasp everything that's even in one textbook. Joshua Lederberg
Believe Everything Textbook Anybody Really Grasp Even
If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk. Joshua Lederberg
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I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work. Joshua Lederberg
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I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people. Joshua Lederberg
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I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had. Joshua Lederberg
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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. Joshua Lederberg
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We are all very individual. You have to find out what you can do best, and be self-conscious about that. Joshua Lederberg
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A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke. Joshua Lederberg
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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. Joshua Lederberg
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I'm chairing a UNESCO committee on how to improve global Internet communications for science; help third-world people get onto the Net so they can be part of the process. Joshua Lederberg
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