Dan Shechtman

I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.' ”

I was a subject of ridicule and lectures about the basics of crystallography. The leader of the opposition to my findings was the two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, the idol of the American Chemical Society and one of the most famous scientists in the world. ”

The frontiers of science, on the very small scale and very large scale, require large investments and international effort. ”

Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource. ”

The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education. ”