Sidney Altman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.
-- Sidney Altman

#Hypothesis #Phenomenon #Instance
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

#Summer #Eight #Colorado
The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.
-- Sidney Altman

#Rna #World #Earth
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

#Inspiration #Opportunity #Land
I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.
-- Sidney Altman

#Son #Poor #Montreal
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

#Opportunity #Waiting #Months
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.
-- Sidney Altman

#Father #School #College
For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.
-- Sidney Altman

#Opportunity #Land #Canada
About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power.
-- Sidney Altman

#Book #Years #Tables
I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good at his studies.
-- Sidney Altman

#Growing Up #Boys #Role Models
My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
-- Sidney Altman

#Technology #Events #Massachusetts

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