I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good at his studies.

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Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.

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Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate s…

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I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.

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By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical …

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For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.

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The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth.

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My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo…

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Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative…

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