It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be: decades or only a few years. Or your approach may be fatally flawed and doomed to fail. Or you could get scooped just as you are finalising your work. It is very stressful.


Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science'

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Quotes

It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be:...

It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be:...

It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be:...

It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be:...