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Torsten Wiesel

Swedish Scientist

Born: Jun 3, 1924

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Related authors: Alfred Nobel Arvid Carlsson Carolus Linnaeus Emanuel Swedenborg Hannes Alfven Niklas Zennstrom Svante Paabo Theodor Svedberg

It takes a long time for a country to build a strong base in science, but only a short time to destroy it. Germany was a sad example. It was a world leader in the sciences for more than a century, until its science base was demolished during the Nazi era, and the country ceded its position to the United States. Torsten Wiesel

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Aside from my work, my interests lie in the arts and in world affairs. Torsten Wiesel

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After forty years in the lab, I was asked in 1991 to become president of The Rockefeller University. Unlike a working scientist, being president for seven years provided an opportunity to interact with scientists in many different fields and broadened my scope of the natural sciences. Torsten Wiesel

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