American - Scientist | May 23, 1925 - February 2, 2008
If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.
Joshua Lederberg
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I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.
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I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.
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I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.
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I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.
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Try hard to find out what you're good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that.
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We are all very individual. You have to find out what you can do best, and be self-conscious about that.
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A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke.
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I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects.
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So many of the things I've predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us.
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If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications.
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