I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.

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

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

My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.

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

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