I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn't ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room. Joshua Lederberg aheadbackbore share on social
To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing. Joshua Lederberg attentionblesscolleague Change image and share on social
I'm chairing a UNESCO committee on how to improve global Internet communications for science; help third-world people get onto the Net so they can be part of the process. Joshua Lederberg chaircommitteecommunication Change image and share on social
By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks. Joshua Lederberg biochemistrystudytextbook Change image and share on social
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. Joshua Lederberg biologicaldetaildiscover Change image and share on social
I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects. Joshua Lederberg communicationgroupinternet Change image and share on social
I was making a lot of momentous personal decisions. I was still very very young: when the prize was awarded, I was 33; the work I had done when I was 21. Joshua Lederberg awarddecisionlot Change image and share on social
If you want to solve very complex problems, you will have to end up letting machines work out a lot of the details for themselves, and in ways that we don't understand what they are doing. Joshua Lederberg complexdetailend Change image and share on social
I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling. Joshua Lederberg callkindlegitimacy Change image and share on social
I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work. Joshua Lederberg labnobelprize Change image and share on social
