My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs. Eric Allin Cornell chessclubfreshman Change image and share on social
It was there I met my future wife, Celeste Landry, although our lives took us separate ways for many years and we were not to marry until more than ten years later. Eric Allin Cornell celestefuturelandry 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
Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Francisco. Eric Allin Cornell brotherfinalfrancisco Change image and share on social
I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern. Eric Allin Cornell fashionmodernpartly Change image and share on social
My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English. Eric Allin Cornell civilengineerenglish 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
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
I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open to bring the rocket safely back. Eric Allin Cornell airbackblast Change image and share on social
My fellow students there were very smart, but the really novel thing was that they actually seemed to put a lot of effort into their school work. By the end of my first semester there, I began to get into that habit as well. Eric Allin Cornell begineffortend share on social
