Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research.

The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature.

In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services.

One other hobby of mine has been playing the oboe but I have not kept this up after 1969.

My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.

The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees.

In consequence, science is more important than ever for industrial technology.