Sir John Gurdon

How can I put it? I have been hearing some interviews of Sir John Gurdon which are quite educational at this very age of mine (32 years old and 10 months).

The astonishing thing about Sir John Gurdon is that he had been told to quit science (Figure 1) when he was in highschool then some years later, after following his own ideas he won the Nobel Price in Psychology and Medicine.

Figure 1. Science Report for Gurdon from his days studying Biology at Eton College in 1949 [source]

An interview of Sir John Gurdon the Cambridge biologist talking about his life and work, interviewed by Alan Macfarlane.

http://youtu.be/QaVTpG_5bUc (Part 1)
http://youtu.be/Ox5_EAz-UFY (Part 2)