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Dan Shechtman
Israeli
Scientist
Born:
Jan 24
,
1941
Good
People
Science
Will
World
You
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Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource.
Dan Shechtman
People
Important
Sustainable Development
Resource
Development
Most
Human
The Most Important
Sustainable
Ingenuity
Requires
Young people in Israel are encouraged to design, produce and sell their products from high school. Technical universities also matter. Teach and introduce entrepreneurship courses in technical universities.
Dan Shechtman
People
School
Matter
Young
Design
High
Introduce
High School
Entrepreneurship
Also
Courses
Israel
Encouraged
Sell
Young People
Produce
Teach
Products
Technical
Universities
Wherever I go in the world, I'm treated like royalty.
Dan Shechtman
World
Like
Go
Wherever
Treated
Royalty
I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist.
Dan Shechtman
Love
Science
Fell
Scientist
Continue
Decided
I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
Dan Shechtman
History
You
Bible
Every
Tell
About
Know
Proud
Am
Blossom
Land
Grows
Zionist
I told everyone who was ready to listen that I had material with pentagonal symmetry. People just laughed at me.
Dan Shechtman
Me
People
Everyone
Laughed
Had
Ready
Material
Listen
Just
Who
Symmetry
A humble scientist is a good scientist.
Dan Shechtman
Good
Humble
Scientist
Science is the ultimate tool to reveal the laws of nature, and the one word written on its banner is Truth.
Dan Shechtman
Truth
Nature
Science
Word
Tool
One Word
Laws
Written
Reveal
Ultimate
Banner
I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.
Dan Shechtman
Good
Humble
Lesson
Think
Other
Something
Main
Open-Minded
Learned
Scientist
Scientists
Discover
Listen
Who
In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
Dan Shechtman
News
Made
Some
Cases
Most
Discoveries
Listened
Really
Should
The frontiers of science, on the very small scale and very large scale, require large investments and international effort.
Dan Shechtman
Science
Scale
Small
Small Scale
Investments
Very
Effort
Frontiers
Require
International
Large
Large-Scale
The message from the Technion when I was a student was: 'You will be so good that when you graduate, everyone will want to hire you.'
Dan Shechtman
Good
You
Will
Everyone
Student
Message
Hire
Graduate
Want
The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
Dan Shechtman
Open
Students
How
Teach
Start-Up
I can unite the people of Israel, so I won't speak about controversial issues, which divide the people.
Dan Shechtman
People
Speak
About
Divide
Israel
Issues
Controversial
Which
Unite
When my grandchildren are older and my great-grandchildren start growing up, first of all, I want them to be in Israel. I don't want them to leave the country because they have no choice.
Dan Shechtman
First
Country
Older
No Choice
First Of All
Because
Israel
Leave
Up
Want
Grandchildren
Them
Choice
Growing
Growing Up
Start
Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.
Dan Shechtman
Me
Job
President
Else
Everyone
Would
Like
Does
Anybody
Anybody Else
Differently
I was a subject of ridicule and lectures about the basics of crystallography. The leader of the opposition to my findings was the two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, the idol of the American Chemical Society and one of the most famous scientists in the world.
Dan Shechtman
World
Leader
Society
Laureate
About
Nobel
Most
Chemical
Idol
Scientists
Opposition
Subject
Lectures
American
Famous
Ridicule
Basics
A president should look for what binds the people together rather than what drives them apart. As soon as you are identified with one side of the political map, you are no longer everybody's president.
Dan Shechtman
You
Together
People
Political
Everybody
President
Side
Rather
Drives
Soon
Longer
Look
Identified
Than
Apart
Them
Should
Map
Binds
I see the root of the education crisis in the primary and secondary schools. Academia is doing a fairly good job. The root of the problem is the teachers. Some are great. But too many of them are not capable of being good role models. They can't control the classes. They lose too much time trying to create a learning environment.
Dan Shechtman
Education
Time
Good
Great
Learning
Problem
Good Job
Too Much
Job
Lose
Control
Too
Secondary
Too Much Time
Crisis
See
Classes
Some
Environment
Primary
Academia
Schools
Fairly
Doing
Role
Role Models
Trying
Models
Being
Them
Capable
Create
Much
Root
Teachers
Many
Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.
Dan Shechtman
World
Other
Cases
General
Tendency
Advances
Make
Learn
Because
Israel
Nations
Should
Teach
Many
Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.
Dan Shechtman
Exams
Students
Highly
Talented
Korean
Motivated
Tests
Succeed
Working
Hard
Hard-Working
Need
As far as innovation goes, I can tell you that Korean students are reluctant to step out of line. If I ask questions, nobody raises their hands - not because they don't know the answers, but because they don't want to step out of line.
Dan Shechtman
You
Innovation
Out
Tell
Reluctant
Students
Step
Nobody
Know
Because
Korean
Answers
Line
Questions
Hands
Goes
Want
As Far As
Far
Ask
Raises
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