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“One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.”

Quote by Ahmed H. Zewail

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Ahmed H. Zewail

Ahmed H. Zewail was a renowned scientist, born on February 26, 1946, and passed away on August 2, 2016. He made significant breakthroughs in the fields of molecular dynamics and ultrafast chemistry, contributing greatly to the scientific community. more

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“I am not one of the new media experts working all the time with my computers and the PowerPoint's and things of that sort. So, I'm an old fashioned still in this regard but these are the moment where I really can be creative, if I am, to be left alone with just a book and piece of paper and to be thinking.”

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Author:Ahmed H. Zewail

“You should have some time to think and that's very important.”

Thinking Should Important Should Have Time To Think

Author:Ahmed H. Zewail

“When they called me with the Nobel call from Secretary General of the Swedish Academy it was twenty minutes to six and he said well that was well hope I'm not disturbing you but I am the Secretary General of the Swedish Academy. Of course you can imagine I was frozen in time when he said that but then he made a very famous statement, something to the effect that this is the last 20 minutes of peace of your life.”

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Author:Ahmed H. Zewail

“I want to really focus on doing this two things I really would like to focus on science and the excitement of science and to help with science. So, that's my intention to focus my efforts there and I hope I will be able to do so.”

Want Two Helping Able Effort Focus Intention Excitement Two Things

Author:Ahmed H. Zewail

“I do have a concern however, humanity has a great way of adapting and I'm sure scientists of the future, probably after I leave this planet, earth will have a new way of dealing with the internet but I do have a concern in the transition period.”

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Author:Ahmed H. Zewail

“I found with my students they don't necessarily look at journals any more, but they print right away from the internet what's relevant to what's he doing you see.”

Looks Found Students Internet Print Relevant Journal Doing You

Author:Ahmed H. Zewail

“There is a danger one has to really be knowing much more because you can't be too narrow on science.”

Author:Ahmed H. Zewail

“Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can say that he's the best. We don't work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.”

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Author:Ahmed H. Zewail

“I built on the efforts of a previous scientist, others will build on the work I'm doing and if I look at the whole scope from chemistry to biology to physics, it's just the list is too long to mention just one and it's not fair to the others.”

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Author:Ahmed H. Zewail

“Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.”

Mind Behinds Materials Battle Inspired Obvious Foreheads

Book:Selected letters of James Joyce

Source: Selected letters of James Joyce