“Last year, the lecture was held in [an auditorium] with a capacity for just 300 people, and half the seats were empty. “What has changed? I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?”

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Appreciate science for what it is: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

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