Philip Emeagwali Quotes

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

Philip Emeagwali



Because I am not formally trained in the medical sciences, I can bring in new ideas to AIDS research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for AIDS.

Philip Emeagwali



Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions.

Philip Emeagwali



Briefly, to program it requires an absolute understanding of how all 65,536 processors are interconnected.

Philip Emeagwali



Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling.

Philip Emeagwali



During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.

Philip Emeagwali



Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected.

Philip Emeagwali



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

Philip Emeagwali



I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.

Philip Emeagwali



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

Philip Emeagwali



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

Philip Emeagwali



I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.

Philip Emeagwali



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

Philip Emeagwali



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

Philip Emeagwali



Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.

Philip Emeagwali



Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources.

Philip Emeagwali



One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.

Philip Emeagwali



Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.

Philip Emeagwali



The 65,536 processors were inside the Connection Machine.

Philip Emeagwali



The Connection Machine was the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It is a complex supercomputer and it will take forever to completely describe how it works.

Philip Emeagwali