Philip Emeagwali
Philip Emeagwali
Philip Emeagwali is a Nigerian inventor and scientist. He has been living in the United States for many years. An Igbo from the commercial city of Onitsha in Anambra State. He won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prizefor price-performance in high-performance computing applications, in an oil reservoir modeling calculation using a novel mathematical formulation and implementation...
NationalityNigerian
ProfessionScientist
CountryNigeria
Philip Emeagwali quotes about
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It took me 1057 pages to describe the hundreds of mathematical equations, algorithms and programming techniques that I invented and used.
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It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels.
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I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.
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The greatest grand challenge for any scientist is discovering how to prevent the spread of HIV and finding the cure or an effective vaccine for AIDS.