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

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My mother used to wheel me about the campus when we lived in that neighborhood...

My mother used to wheel me about the campus when we lived in that neighborhood...

About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental...

About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental...

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

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

Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played...

Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played...

My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background...

My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background...

I have always loved going to school.

I have always loved going to school.

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

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

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

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

After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my...

After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my...

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

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

My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with...

My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with...

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

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