Philip Emeagwali

“One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.”

“I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.”

“The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.”

“Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.”

“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.”

“The Connection Machine was the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It is a complex supercomputer and it will take forever to completely describe how it works.”