American - Scientist | July 19, 1921 - May 30, 2011
I was an early reader, reading even before kindergarten, and since we did not have books in my home, my older brother, Alexander, was responsible for our trip every week to the public library to exchange books already read for new ones to be read.
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
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In the late '30's when I was in college, physics - and in particular, nuclear physics - was the most exciting field in the world.
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To primitive man, the sky was wonderful, mysterious and awesome, but he could not even dream of what was within the golden disk or silver points of light so far beyond his reach.
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Man himself is a mysterious object, and the tools to probe his physiologic nature and function have developed only slowly through the millennia.
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For the past 30 years, I have been committed to the development and application of radioisotopic methodology to analyze the fine structure of biologic systems.
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The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination. In the past, few women have tried, and even fewer have succeeded.
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Initially, new ideas are rejected. Later they become dogma if you're right. And if you're really lucky, you can publish your rejections as part of your Nobel presentation.
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I worked for 22 years with Sol Berson.
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I got an assistantship in physics at the University of Illinois, and I tore up my steno books.
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Everything's a real passion to me - my children, my family, my work, travel. I don't play tennis, I don't play music, but I have a great time.
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My point of view is if you want to move up, examine first yourself.
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Some are very hostile if mistakes are pointed out. I'm not. If I make a mistake, I make a mistake.
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