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I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.
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Immigrants
Montreal
Poor
Son
Second
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For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.
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Opportunity
Canada
Land
Immediate
Relatives
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The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.
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Hypothetical
Origin Of Life
Rna
Stage
World
Life World Earth
Origin
Referred
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Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis.
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Groups
Research
Furthermore
Neither
Search
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We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.
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Extraordinary
Fortunate
Manner
Recognized
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I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good at his studies.
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Boys
Growing Up
Role Models
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Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.
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Hypothesis
Instance
Nevertheless
Phenomenon
Constructed
Frequent
Occurrence
Specific
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It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.
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Hard Work
Rewards
Stable
Surroundings
Yield
Small
Increment
Learned
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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.
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Importance
Mystique
Associated
Bomb
Fail
Scientists
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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.
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Technology
Events
Institute
Intention
Massachusetts
Physics
Series
Study
Unexpected
University
Enroll
Led
Mcgill
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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.
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Someday
Advantages
Hope Always Will
Material
Privileges
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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.
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Book
Elements
First Time
Saws
Scientific Theory
Theory
Years
Periodic
Predictive
Scientific
Table
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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.
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Colorado
Columbia
Decided
Eight
Months
Physics
Program
Summer
Student
Enroll
Graduate
Graduate Student
Later
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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.
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Opportunity
Columbia
Columbia University
Eighteen
Laboratory
Months
Physics
University
Waiting
Graduate
Graduate Student
Wondering
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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.
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College
Father
Pursue
School
Subjects
Life Time Father
Adequately
By The Time
Grocery
Grocery Store
Practical
Reached
Store
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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.
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Opportunity
Government
Generous
Inspiration
Privileged
Relative
Study
Tranquillity
Afforded
Forward-Looking
Indeed
Inspirations
Study Nature
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