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

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.

I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern.

With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us.

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

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 certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open to bring the rocket safely back.