List of Philip Emeagwali Quotes

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Philip Emeagwali
Total Quotes 27
The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of hiv and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for aids.
Vaccines Challenges Hiv
The 65,536 processors were inside the connection machine.
Connections Machines Processors
I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.
Study Interest Subjects
Because i am not formally trained in the medical sciences, i can bring in new ideas to aids research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for aids.
Ideas Different Hiv
One out of every 100 american men is hiv positive. the rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.
Men Epidemics Hiv
I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.
School High School Age
Eighty percent of americans with hiv do not know they are infected.
Hiv Percent Knows
During the week that i arrived in the united states, i saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.
Airports Library United States
When i enrolled in college at age 19, i had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. as a result, i was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.
College Eight Years
The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong.
Strong Hardship Made
I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.
Astronomers Mathematician Physicist
The connection machines owned by the united states government laboratories were made available to me because they were considered impossible to program and there was no great demand for them at that time.
Government United States Connections
  • Born: August 23, 1954
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