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Sidney Altman
Canadian
Scientist
Born:
May 7
,
1939
Could
Enjoy
Opportunity
Physics
Time
Work
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Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative tranquillity and in a land with a generous and forward-looking government.
Sidney Altman
Government
Time
Nature
Thoughts
Opportunity
Own
Our
Relative
Indeed
Follow
Inspirations
Study
Study Nature
Generous
Been
Privileged
Afforded
Tranquillity
Land
Forward-Looking
I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics.
Sidney Altman
Work
Waiting
Physics
Opportunity
Months
Spent
Student
Columbia
Columbia University
Continue
Laboratory
Graduate
Wondering
Graduate Student
Eighteen
Should
University
For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.
Sidney Altman
Family
Opportunity
Relatives
Our
Immediate
Canada
Land
I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.
Sidney Altman
Son
Montreal
Immigrants
Born
Poor
Second
The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old.
Sidney Altman
Old
Impress
General
Could
Mystique
Fail
Importance
Scientists
Role
Even
Bomb
Played
Associated
Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate student in biophysics.
Sidney Altman
Physics
Summer
Enroll
Later
Months
Having
Colorado
Student
Columbia
Studying
Left
Graduate
Graduate Student
Eight
Decided
Working
Program
Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis.
Sidney Altman
Research
Our
Furthermore
Out
Neither
Search
Groups
Set
We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.
Sidney Altman
Work
Enjoy
Extraordinary
Recognized
Very
Manner
Fortunate
Here
The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.
Sidney Altman
Life
World
Stage
Earth
Hypothetical
Referred
Origin
Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.
Sidney Altman
Science
Few
General
Constructed
Hypothesis
Nevertheless
Frequent
Occurrence
Specific
Phenomenon
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