I have had the good fortune of having parents who instilled a strong work ethic in me and a belief in the value of learning.
Aziz Sancar Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Autobiographical essay written on receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2015; published in The Nobel Prizes 2015 (Les Prix Nobel)
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- essay
- work
- Autobiography, Les Prix Nobel 2015
- year
- 2015
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