I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science. Joshua Lederberg fascinationintrinsicput Change image and share on social
So many of the things I've predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us. Joshua Lederberg fronthavepredict Change image and share on social
If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk. Joshua Lederberg basecivilenormous 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
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 hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people. Joshua Lederberg encouragehavehope 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 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
I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work. Joshua Lederberg labnobelprize Change image and share on social
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. Joshua Lederberg approachcuriousfield Change image and share on social
