At Berkeley I Had My

At Berkeley I Had My First Encounter With Real Professional Scientists.

My Mother, Who Was Professional Schoolteacher, Was Particularly Concerned About Our Formal Education And Even Went So Far As To Start A Private School Together With Some Other Parents So That Our Intellectual Needs Would Be Met.

As A Consequence While We Had A Roof Over Our Heads, Food On The Table, And Clothes To Wear To School We Were Constantly Conscious Of Being Of Modest Means.

When I Moved To Stanford I Began To Pursue The Line Of Research I Have Been Following Ever Since, Namely Trying To Understand The Larger Implications Of Fractional Quantum Hall Discovery.

It Is An Interesting Fact That During My Tour I Was Never Allowed Access To Computers, Radios, Or Anything Else That I Might Damage Through Curiosity, Or Perhaps Something More Sinister.