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Joshua Lederberg

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About Joshua Lederberg

Joshua Lederberg 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 ; work that was conducted alongside his wife Esther, who was uncredited for her contributions. He shared the prize with Edward Tatum and George Beadle, who won for their work with genetics.

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Topics: Science Age Communication Education Strength

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.

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.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.

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.

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.