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" 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. "
First Time
Elegance
Book
" 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. "
Father
School
Time
" 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. "
Physics
Summer
Studying
" For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity. "
Canada
Family
Land
" Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis. "
Out
Research
Our
" 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. "
Own
Nature
Opportunity
" 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. "
Opportunity
Physics
Waiting
" It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments. "
Work
Small
Hard Work
" I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants. "
Born
Son
Immigrants
" 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. "
Physics
Me
Unexpected
" Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. "
Science
Few
General
" The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old. "
Role
Importance
Impress
" The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth. "
World
Origin
Life
" We are united in the hope that every individual will someday enjoy at least the intellectual privileges we have had, if not always the material advantages. "
Enjoy
Intellectual
Will
" We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy. "
Enjoy
Extraordinary
Work
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