Carolina QuotesOliver Smithies
North Carolina · resident1925–2017
Biochemistry, genetics, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007
- Died in Chapel Hill
- Worked at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Learning to fly is learning to overcome fear with knowledge. This same lesson applies to trying new things in science, and to life in general.
Nearly 20 years have passed since that move. We have been happy together, and our science has flourished. The academic environment in Chapel Hill is agreeable and collegiate. The weather changes more gently than in Wisconsin (except for occasional hurricanes), and the winters are less harsh than in the Midwest.