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Joshua Lederberg
American
Scientist
Born:
May 23
,
1925
Died:
Feb 2
,
2008
Believe
Science
Think
Will
Work
You
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To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.
Joshua Lederberg
Great
Blessing
Recognition
Colleagues
Attention
Mixed
Public
Your
By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.
Joshua Lederberg
Time
Studying
Textbooks
Biochemistry
By The Time
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
School
Analysis
High
Composition
High School
Became
Understand
Chemical
Trying
Microscope
Cells
Interested
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
You
Living
Analysis
Extremely
Structure
Powerful
Genetic
Method
Cells
Wanted
Interest
Turned
Dissect
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
Privacy
Personality
Important
Own
Think
Some
My Own
Small
Although
Am
Still
Dosage
Public
Little
Prefer
Public Figure
Figure
Keep
Shy
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
Work
Young
Had
Making
Still
Lot
Very
Prize
Personal
Done
Decisions
Momentous
Awarded
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
Liar
Stupid
Believe
Think
Talents
Unusual
Am
Were
Deny
Person
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
Single
Think
Society
Enormous
Weapon
Civil
Able
Civil Society
Risk
Individuals
Isolated
Inflict
Whole
Base
Nuclear
Lunatic
Nuclear Weapon
Imagine
Harm
I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.
Joshua Lederberg
Work
Nobel
Nobel Prize
Got
Lab
Prize
I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.
Joshua Lederberg
Life
Hope
Science
People
Will
Style
Encourage
Younger
Younger People
Lived
Whose
I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.
Joshua Lederberg
Able
Had
Feel
Been
Very
Shortcomings
Many
Lucky
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
Life
Good
You
Try
Build
Out
Find
Around
Passions
Where
Converge
Your
Hard
Two
We are all very individual. You have to find out what you can do best, and be self-conscious about that.
Joshua Lederberg
Best
You
Out
Find
About
Individual
Self-Conscious
Very
A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke.
Joshua Lederberg
You
Joke
Practical
Sure
Said
Been
Prize
Reporter
Quite
Newspaper
Newspaper Reporter
Swedish
Awarded
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
Communication
Internet
First
Research
Group
Our
Way
Projects
Systematic
Make
Scientific
Very
Managing
Really
Use
Started
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
Science
People
Internet
Net
Onto
Part
Global
How
Improve
Get
Committee
Process
Communications
Help
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