My parents were determined to move into the middle class.

My parents were determined to move into the middle class.

There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.

I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel.

Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.

My final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to the speculative physics ideas of my generation. After all, if my generation has any really good speculative ideas, we will be carrying these ideas out ourselves.

Experimental science is a craft and an art, and part of the art is knowing when to end a fruitless experiment. There is a danger of becoming obsessed with a fruitless experiment even if it goes nowhere.