Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

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• Philip Emeagwali:

  Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.

• Philip Emeagwali:

  The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.

• Philip Emeagwali:

  I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between m

• Philip Emeagwali:

  First, I identify an analogous problem in nature and borrow from it.

• Philip Emeagwali:

  It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels.

• Philip Emeagwali:

  I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.

• Philip Emeagwali:

  When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. A

• Philip Emeagwali:

  I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.

• Philip Emeagwali:

  I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.

• Philip Emeagwali:

  During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a lib