Paul Nurse Quotes

After An Extensive Interview He Arranged For My Weaknesses In Foreign Languages To Be Over-looked And So I Started A Biology Degree At Birmingham In 1967.

It Was During My Time At Secondary School That I Abandoned Religion.

At Age 11 In 1960, I Moved To An Academic State Secondary School, Harrow County Grammar School For Boys.

During The Winter My Attention Was Attracted To The Changes In The Stars And Planets In The Sky.

I Am Still A Keen Mountain Walker And An Enthusiastic Glider Pilot.

I Had A Great Time Investigating The Pigments Of Different Mutant Fruit Flies By Following Experimental Protocols Published In Scientific American, And I Also Remember Making My Own Beetle Collection When It Was Still Acceptable To Make Such Collections.

I Met My Wife Anne Who Was A Sociology Student, And Her Influence Together With Activities Associated With The Student Movement Of The Time Opened Up My Interests Amongst Other Things Into The Theatre, Art, Music, Politics And Philosophy.

I Was By Far The Youngest Of The Family, And At Times It Was Like Being An Only Child.

This Possibility Bothered Me As I Thought It Was Not Advisable To Remain In One Academic Environment, And The Long Dark Winters In Edinburgh Could Be Rather Dismal.

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.

Like Many Students, I Found The Drudgery Of Real Experiments And The Slowness Of Progress A Complete Shock, And At My Low Points I Contemplated Other Alternative Careers Including Study Of The Philosophy Or Sociology Of Science.

My Parents Were Born In Norfolk And Spent Their Early Years Working In The Big Houses Of That Rural English County, My Mother As A Cook And My Father As A Handyman And Chauffeur.