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I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to
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"I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics"

- Sidney Altman

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Canada Flag This quote is written / told by Sidney Altman somewhere between May 7, 1939 and today. He/she was a famous Scientist from Canada. The author also have 14 other quotes.

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