1. Language
At a Faraday discussion meeting in Birmingham in 1954 on “The study of fast reactions”, the German scientist Manfred Eigen asked the Oxford don Ronnie Bell how the English language would describe reactions which were ‘faster than fast’.

2. Ronnie Bell replied “Damn fast reactions Manfred and if they get faster than that, the English language will not fail you, you can call them damn fast reactions indeed!”.

3. We must understand Chinese characters to appreciate Chinese and Japanese culture

4. dx a = dy

5. It is too late after the age of 3-7
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It is too late after the age of 3-7
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Age of arrival
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non-English speaking immigrants to USA

6. This simple X-Ray image, taken by Rosalind Franklin, revealed - at a stroke - the amazing secrets of DNA and how life evolved

7. Harry Kroto 2004

8. Harry Kroto 2004

9. We cannot expect to truly understand the Physical and Natural World unless we learn the language in which they speak