I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange. Martin Lewis Perl answerbackbook Change image and share on social
It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years. Martin Lewis Perl childdepressionfortune Change image and share on social
I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set. Martin Lewis Perl buychemistryinterest Change image and share on social
My parents were determined to move into the middle class. Martin Lewis Perl classdeterminemiddle Change image and share on social
Their educations ended with high school - my father going to work as a clerk and then salesman in a company dealing in printing and stationary, and my mother working as a secretary and then bookkeeper in a firm of wool merchants. Martin Lewis Perl bookkeeperclerkcompany share on social
Natures' curriculum cannot be changed. Martin Lewis Perl changecurriculumnature Change image and share on social
This was good training for research, because large parts of experimental work are sometimes boring or involve the use of skills in which one is not particularly gifted. Martin Lewis Perl boreexperimentalgift Change image and share on social
My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants. Martin Lewis Perl beinghighimmigrant Change image and share on social
