Author: Paul Nurse

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

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

- Paul Nurse

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

- Paul Nurse

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

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

- Paul Nurse

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.

- Paul Nurse

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.

- Paul Nurse

Therefore, I reasoned that study of the cell cycle responsible for the reproduction of cells was important and might even be illuminating about the nature of life.

Therefore, I reasoned that study of the cell cycle responsible for the reproduction of cells was important and might even be illuminating about the nature of life.

- Paul Nurse

It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion.

It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion.

- Paul Nurse

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 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.

- Paul Nurse

This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken.

This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken.

- Paul Nurse

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