I have always loved going to school.

After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes.

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

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

I have always loved going to school.

Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience.

My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem.