Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg, ForMemRS was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program. He was 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes. He shared the prize with Edward Tatum and George Beadle who won for their work with genetics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth23 May 1925
CountryUnited States of America
I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.
I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.
To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.
As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it.
Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.
I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.
I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.
I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.
The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus.