After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun. Eric Allin Cornell beginburncomputer Change image and share on social
Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic. Eric Allin Cornell basicchessdec Change image and share on social
My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits. Eric Allin Cornell attentionbubbleclose Change image and share on social
Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read. Eric Allin Cornell findmakeread Change image and share on social
Six months after that, I left Taiwan, first for Hong Kong and then for mainland China, where I spent another three months studying still more Chinese and generally kicking around the country. Eric Allin Cornell chinachinesecountry Change image and share on social
There are relatively few experiments in atomic physics these days that don't involve the use of a laser. Eric Allin Cornell atomicdayexperiment Change image and share on social
I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. Eric Allin Cornell altobearcalifornia Change image and share on social
The postdoc explained to me how to distinguish different sorts of particles on the basis of the amounts of energy they deposited in various sorts of detectors, spark chambers, calorimeters, what have you. Eric Allin Cornell amountbasiscalorimeter share on social
