Science in Particular Places

Recently, at an international conference, during the afternoon off when we were all ambling in the sunshine, a young Algerian student asked me for a word of wisdom . What elderly scholar can resist such a dewy-eyed approach from youth So 1 reflected for a moment and then told him Remember that there is not really such 

Those countries apart, if there were much more space available I could outline research institutions for materials science in the many European countries that possess them, in India, China and Korea, in Canada, Brazil, Israel. The fact that I do not implies no disrespect for the many fine experts in those lands. 

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