When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.
– Philip Emeagwali
The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.
– Philip Emeagwali
Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.
– Philip Emeagwali
One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.
– Philip Emeagwali
Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions.
– Philip Emeagwali
Because I am not formally trained in the medical sciences, I can bring in new ideas to AIDS research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for AIDS.