Learning to fly is learning to overcome fear with knowledge. This same…

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.

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Autobiographical essay written on receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2007; published in Les Prix Nobel 2007

form: essay
work: Autobiography, Les Prix Nobel 2007
year: 2007

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