The postdoc explained to me how to distinguish different sorts of particles on the basis of the amounts of energy they deposited in various sorts of detectors, spark chambers, calorimeters, what have you.

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.

After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun.

There are relatively few experiments in atomic physics these days that don't involve the use of a laser.

Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.

Travel provided many interesting experiences, but perhaps the most useful lesson I learned was that I really had no proficiency for learning the thousands of characters of the written Chinese language.

My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs.