Quotes by Paul Nurse

Paul Nurse

After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967.

Degrees

Interviews

Weakness

At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.

Age

Boys

School

Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to improved health and quality of life.

Quality

Understanding

World

During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

Sky

Stars

Winter

Ever since Sir Isaac Newton’s times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way: They show a great respect for experiment and observation, They don’t cherry pick data, They take a skeptical approach to what they do. And then scientists work together to get a consensus as to what should be believed And that generates very reliable knowledge and that reliable knowledge drives innovation

Data

Innovation

Working Together

How scientists go about their job: and it’s a process, it’s a question of asking questions, respecting observation, respecting experiment, having tentative explanations and then testing them…. There is a problem sometimes with how we teach science at schools. Because we sometimes teach it as if it has been chiseled in stone.

Asking Questions

Jobs

School

I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.

Enthusiastic

Mountain

Pilots

I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded.

Effort

Essentials

Important

I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also remember making my own beetle collection when it was still acceptable to make such collections.

Different

Fruit Flies

Mutants

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.

Humanity

Progressive

Views

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Essentials

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Father

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Giving

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Important

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Long

Marijuana

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Mother

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Quotes by Paul Nurse

Paul Nurse

After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967.

At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.

Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to improved health and quality of life.

During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.

I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded.

I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also remember making my own beetle collection when it was still acceptable to make such collections.

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.

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