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Martin Lewis Perl quotes

American Physicist June 24, 1927

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They wanted me to play more sports because they were acutely sensitive to their children being one hundred percent American, and they believed that all Americans played sports and loved sports. Martin Lewis Perl
Martin Lewis Perl quote: "As Jews, their families left Russia to escape the poverty and..."
As Jews, their families left Russia to escape the poverty and the antisemitism. Martin Lewis Perl
Martin Lewis Perl quote: "It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years..."
It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years. Martin Lewis Perl
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
Martin Lewis Perl quote: "Natures' curriculum cannot be changed."
Natures' curriculum cannot be changed. Martin Lewis Perl
Martin Lewis Perl quote: "I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics,..."
I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel. Martin Lewis Perl
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
Martin Lewis Perl quote: "Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for..."
Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business. Martin Lewis Perl
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
Martin Lewis Perl quote: "Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very..."
Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books. Martin Lewis Perl
Martin Lewis Perl quote: "My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did..."
My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants. Martin Lewis Perl
The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an outside and sometimes hard world. Martin Lewis Perl
Martin Lewis Perl quote: "My parents were determined to move into the middle class."
My parents were determined to move into the middle class. Martin Lewis Perl
There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library. Martin Lewis Perl
Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A's. Martin Lewis Perl

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