诺奖英国学者“太笨不适合搞科学”
<p>英国科学家约翰・格登和日本科学家山中伸弥因在细胞核重新编程研究领域的杰出贡献获得2017年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖，两人将分享120万美元（约合人民币757万元）的奖金。英国获奖科学教约翰・格登获奖后表示，15岁时，他的生物课成绩在250名同年龄的男生班中排最后一名，在其他科学类学科中成绩也都垫底。老师对他的评价是“在大学搞科学纯粹是浪费时间”。写有这句评价的成绩报告单被格登装在相框里摆在书桌上，一直到现在。格登介绍说，给他评价的那位老师原本是博物馆的讲解员，后来受雇到学校给“后进生”讲课。接到那样一张成绩报告单之后，格登放弃之前研习科学的打算，专修古典文学；在牛津大学基督教堂学院学习期间又阴差阳错转读了动物学。在牛津大学读研究生时，他发表了有关基因学的一篇突破性研究报告，首次证明生物体内的每个细胞都有同样的基因。这份报告最初发表时饱受争议，但正是这份报告带动了后来韦莫特教授所做的克隆羊多莉、以及山中伸弥以皮肤细胞制造出干细胞等研究，堪称重要先驱。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="scientist">scientist</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="schoolmasters">schoolmasters</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="stupid">stupid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subject">subject</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="awarded">awarded</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Nobel">Nobel</span> <span word="Prize">Prize</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="medicine">medicine</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="physiology">physiology</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="pioneering">pioneering</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="cloning">cloning</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 15, <span word="Prof">Prof</span> <span word="Sir">Sir</span> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Gurdon">Gurdon</span> <span word="ranked">ranked</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 250 <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Eton">Eton</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="biology">biology</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bottom">bottom</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="subject">subject</span>.</p>
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