I really believe there are no borders for science.
Science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
If you look at U.K. science, we collaborate with people across the whole world, and it's extremely important we continue to do so in the future.
Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts.
I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.
As science, of necessity, becomes more involved with itself, so also, of necessity, it becomes more international. I am impressed to know that of the 670 members of this Academy
Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You don't have American science versus Canadian science versus Japanese science.
Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth.
My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.
I am certain that our Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart will increasingly be an international meeting place open to scientists of all countries.
