About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments.

During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.

Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.

Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while!

After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began.

My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set.

My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate).