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After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result.

— Frederick Sanger

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.

— Karl von Frisch

I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.

— Frederick Reines

In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics was more interesting to me.

— Burton Richter

I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor.

— Stephen Cole Kleene

Changing from biochemistry to law was easy because I was rubbish in the laboratory. I could never decide how much to put in a test tube because I'm not very good at maths.

— Michelle Paver

✗Opposing Perspectives

I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an award and entered the university in October 1943.

— John Pople

In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964.

— John E. Walker

In the fall of 1961, I went up to Clare College Cambridge to read Natural Sciences, with the intention of becoming a biochemist in the end.

— Tim Hunt

I received my high school baccalaureate diploma in Latin and Science in 1928, then my two baccalaureate diplomas in Mathematics and Philosophy in 1929.

— Maurice Allais

One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

— Elizabeth Moon