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I grew up as, and still am, a Turkish patriot and from the age of about 10 I was also an aspiring, and later practicing, scientist.
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)
- form
- essay
- work
- Autobiography, Les Prix Nobel 2015
- year
- 2015
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“I grew up as, and still am, a Turkish patriot and from the a…” Aziz Sancar. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A27DF3A970. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a27df3a970
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