Add to collection
  • + Create new collection
  • Rights: The University of Waikato
    Published 19 November 2007 Referencing Hub media
    Download

    Was it school that got Nobel Prize winner, Sir Paul Nurse interested in science? Well, kind of...

    Transcript

    School student: How did you first get interested in science?

    Sir Paul Nurse: I was interested in natural history, actually. I used to have a long walk to school. I used to look at the insects and flowers and birds and things like that, and when it was night time I used to look at the stars, and got very interested in the stars as well. So it was curiosity about the natural world, and that gradually developed into becoming a scientist. So I was just too interested in what was around me, I guess.

        Go to full glossary
        Download all