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Martin Lewis Perl Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Experimental science is a craft and an art, and part of the art is knowing when to end a fruitless experiment. There is a danger of becoming obsessed with a fruitless experiment even if it goes nowhere. It is always a good plan for a speculative experimenter to have two experiments going, or at least one going and one being built Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years Picture Quote #1

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About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants Picture Quote #1

My parents were determined to move into the middle class Picture Quote #1

Nature’s curriculum cannot be changed Picture Quote #1

I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel Picture Quote #1

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It is always a good plan for a speculative experimenter to have two experiments going, or at least one going and one being built Picture Quote #1

I always look for colleagues who are smart, and who know a lot in many fields. The obvious advantage is that he or she may be able to solve the problem that has produced trouble in your work. Also smart and knowledgeable colleagues can save you time, and are interesting and inspiring! Picture Quote #1

The best colleagues are those who will think about your ideas, who will talk with you and offer insight, constructive criticism. No one needs to be crushed for having a new idea Picture Quote #1

For every good idea, expect to have five, ten, twenty wrong or useless ideas. You cannot avoid the bad ideas if you keep your imagination free. There is no spam filter for bad ideas Picture Quote #1

Imagination and obsession are the keys to getting a good idea. To help your imagination keep your eyes and ears open. Avoid the not invented here prejudice Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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My final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to the speculative physics ideas of my generation. After all, if my generation has any really good speculative ideas, we will be carrying these ideas out ourselves Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business Picture Quote #1

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A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Experimental science is a craft and an art, and part of the art is knowing when to end a fruitless experiment. There is a danger of becoming obsessed with a fruitless experiment even if it goes nowhere. It is always a good plan for a speculative experimenter to have two experiments going, or at least one going and one being built (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) 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 Quotes) It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) 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 Quotes) My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) My parents were determined to move into the middle class (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) Nature’s curriculum cannot be changed (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) It is always a good plan for a speculative experimenter to have two experiments going, or at least one going and one being built (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) I always look for colleagues who are smart, and who know a lot in many fields. The obvious advantage is that he or she may be able to solve the problem that has produced trouble in your work. Also smart and knowledgeable colleagues can save you time, and are interesting and inspiring! (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) The best colleagues are those who will think about your ideas, who will talk with you and offer insight, constructive criticism. No one needs to be crushed for having a new idea (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) For every good idea, expect to have five, ten, twenty wrong or useless ideas. You cannot avoid the bad ideas if you keep your imagination free. There is no spam filter for bad ideas (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) Imagination and obsession are the keys to getting a good idea. To help your imagination keep your eyes and ears open. Avoid the not invented here prejudice (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) 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 Quotes) My final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to the speculative physics ideas of my generation. After all, if my generation has any really good speculative ideas, we will be carrying these ideas out ourselves (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) 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 Quotes) Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes) A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank (Martin Lewis Perl Quotes)