You may stifle your creativity by learning too much about processes that should be spontaneous and automatic.

One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.

Every child needs to become literate in one or more languages, and every child should become comfortable in the major scholarly disciplines - historical, scientific, mathematical, and artistic-humanistic thinking. Beyond that, I am not in favour of a uniform system. I think there should be some choices.

Carbon-carbon bond formation reactions are important processes in chemistry because they provide key steps in building complex, bio-active molecules developed as medicines and agrochemicals.

That's what I want to do, ultimately: figure out a way to get the world engaged with discovery and protecting these ancient sites.

You have to imagine a world in which there's this abundance of data, with all of these connected devices generating tons and tons of data. And you're able to reason over the data with new computer science and make your product and service better. What does your business look like then? That's the question every CEO should be asking.