My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations m….

I turned my attention for a while to gamma ray astronomy and soon began the first in a continous series of experiments at the Savannah River site to ….

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertakin….

In 1956 we observed the electron antineutrino..

I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Techn….

However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm ….

Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious students engaged in pro….

During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the compa….

In 1958, I was a delegate to the Atoms for Peace conference in Geneva..

I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever ….