Ahmed H. Zewail Quotes

Perhaps the most valuable thing he taught me (his father) was that there is no contradiction between devotion to work and enjoyment of life and people.

Ahmed H. Zewail

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• Perhaps the most valuable thing he taught me (his father) was that there is no contradiction between devotion to work and enjoyment of life and people.

  

  Ahmed H. Zewail
  • Life
  • Work
  • Contradiction