Philip Emeagwali Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels.”

“Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.”

“Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.”

“I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.”

“First, I identify an analogous problem in nature and borrow from it.”

“I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.”

“My focus is not on solving nature's deeper mysteries. It is on using nature's deeper mysteries to solve important societal problems.”

“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.”

“I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature.”

“The labs were happy that I was brave enough to attempt to program it and the $5 million computer was left entirely to my use. I was their human guinea pig.”