By his own account, he didn't get good grades in school, & nothing in his early education foretold he would be a standout scientist. It speaks (to me) more of persistence and determination in finding one's path in life.
A remarkable life. At 16, Osamu Shimomura survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The 1st 3 colleges he applied to rejected him. He went to pharmacy college because that was the only option. He won a Nobel in Chemistry.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/obituaries/osamu-shimomura-dead.html …
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