The Connection Machines owned by the United States government laboratories were made available to me because they were considered impossible to program and there was no great demand for them at that time. Philip Emeagwali Read Quote
During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life. Philip Emeagwali Read Quote
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. Philip Emeagwali Read Quote
I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature. Philip Emeagwali Read Quote
Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling. Philip Emeagwali Read Quote
