Ahmed Zewail: Year of Light can open doors to education

In this 2014 interview, Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail discusses the impact of education and science on society.
Ahmed Zewail, professor at California Institute of Technology and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, died on 2 August.
Zewail was the sole recipient of the prize for his pioneering developments in femtoscience, making possible observations of atoms in motion on the femtosecond time scale. These developments led to the establishment of the discipline of femtochemistry. More recently, he and his group developed "4D" electron microscopy for the direct visualization in the four dimensions of space and time of materials and biological behaviors.
An enthusiastic advocate and participant in the 2015 International Year of Light, Zewail spoke about light not only in scientific terms. Light, he said in an interview with SPIE, "removes darkness that exists in the world today. All these wars, and what's going on around the world, is because we're not seeing well what's going on with humanity." To that end, he worked to establish the Zewail City of Science and Technology, a science and research university and research center near Cairo.
Zewail was an outspoken advocate for education and government support of science and technology. He wrote numerous articles and delivered speeches urging governments to invest in education rather than weaponry.
He joined Caltech in 1976 as an assistant professor and at the time of his death was the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry, professor of physics, and director of the Physical Biology Center for Ultrafast Science and Technology
Zewail's family has requested that memorial donations be sent to Zewail City of Science & Technology - www.zewailcity...

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I admire him as a great scientist and a humble individual. May all of his contributions in science and humanity grant him a better place in Jannah.

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رحمك الله واسكنك فسيح جناتة ....عالم جليل وعقل مستنير ولمصر غير ناكر للجميل ...نشكر الولايات المتحدة علي احتضان وتوفير كل الظروف لإخراج العلماء الي الضوء

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RIP Prof. Zewail, you are dearly missed.

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rest in peace. great scientist

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Miss you :( .Rest in Peace prof.Zewail

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@@peaceahrar880 kos omk

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@@peaceahrar880 اعرفها ربنا يرزقهالك

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@@peaceahrar880 يعنى انت معندكش ذرة احترام حتى مع المعملكش حاجه ربنا يشفيك م

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ألف رحمة تنزل عليه. كان و ما يزال مثل أعلى بالنسبة لي.

[@khaledqaraman]

Search the landscape and find what you're really truly passionate about and for the rest of your life you will be happy

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RIP Prof. Zewail.

[@khaledqaraman]

If you are passionate about something, you will enjoy it for the rest of your life and it will not be a job

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آتِيةٌ من حفل المطربة المغربية سميرة سعيد، بفضلها عرفتُ هذا العالم العربي المصري والّذي يّشرفنا جميعا كوننا عرب.

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الله يرحمه وينير قبره ويجعله روضة من رياض الجنة ويسكنه فسيح جناته

[@ahmedsamir5842]

he was a very great man

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My mentor...

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الله يرحمك ويحسن اليك ويجعل مثواك الجنه

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My thinking originally was all driven by curiosity

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Egypt's Pride✨❤️

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May Allah bless you prof

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You are great!❤

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Rest in peace

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فخر العرب

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الله يرحمك يا عم احمد ويدخلك جناته

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RIP

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God rest your soul

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له الرحمة والمغفرة

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رحمة الله عليك. ان الله و ان اليه رجعون

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عذرا أخي الكريم
اكتب
انا لله وانا اليه راجعون

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Respect 🏰

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❤😊

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🍀اللهم ارحم احمد زويل رحمه واسعه فقد كان مقاتل فى محاريب العلم ومقاتل وصبورا فى محراب المرض اللهم صلى وسلم وبارك علي نبينا اشرف المرسلين ورحمه الله للعالمين سيدنا محمد شفيعنا وضميننا يوم القيامه اللهم انى اسألك خير المسئله وخير الرزق وخير الدعاء وخير العملوخير النجاح فى الدنيا والاخرة وخير والتوفيق فى الامور وخير الدرجات العلا انك على كل شىء قدير وبالاجابه قدير☘☘

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❤❤❤❤🇪🇬🇪🇬

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Rest in peace