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
The 1970s, the decade of my teenage years, was a transitional period in American youth culture. Eric Allin Cornell 1970samericanculture Change image and share on social
As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake. Eric Allin Cornell chinesechooselife 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 partly old-fashioned and partly modern. Eric Allin Cornell fashionmodernpartly 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
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
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
