I Was By Far The Youngest Of

I Am Still A Keen Mountain Walker And An Enthusiastic Glider Pilot.

I Have An Idealistic View Of Science As A Liberalising And Progressive Force For Humanity.

Ever Since Sir Isaac Newton's Times, Scientists Have Worked In The Same Sort Of Way: They Show A Great Respect For Experiment And Observation, They Don't Cherry Pick Data, They Take A Skeptical Approach To What They Do. And Then Scientists Work Together To Get A Consensus As To What Should Be Believed And That Generates Very Reliable Knowledge And That Reliable Knowledge Drives Innovation

After An Extensive Interview He Arranged For My Weaknesses In Foreign Languages To Be Over-looked And So I Started A Biology Degree At Birmingham In 1967.

It Has Been A Privilege To Pursue Knowledge For Its Own Sake And To See How It Might Help Mankind In More Practical Ways.