At Age 11 In 1960, I Moved

I Had A Great Time Investigating The Pigments Of Different Mutant Fruit Flies By Following Experimental Protocols Published In Scientific American, And I Also Remember Making My Own Beetle Collection When It Was Still Acceptable To Make Such Collections.

This Time At Birmingham Turned Me Into A General Biologist, And Ever Since Then I Have Always Tried To Take A Biological Approach To Any Research Project That I Have Undertaken.

I Met My Wife Anne Who Was A Sociology Student, And Her Influence Together With Activities Associated With The Student Movement Of The Time Opened Up My Interests Amongst Other Things Into The Theatre, Art, Music, Politics And Philosophy.

How Scientists Go About Their Job: And It's A Process, It's A Question Of Asking Questions, Respecting Observation, Respecting Experiment, Having Tentative Explanations And Then Testing Them.... There Is A Problem Sometimes With How We Teach Science At Schools. Because We Sometimes Teach It As If It Has Been Chiseled In Stone.

My Main Efforts Focussed On Trying To Identify The Rate Controlling Steps During The Cell Cycle. Crucial For This Analysis Were Wee Mutants That Were Advanced Prematurely Through The Cell Cycle And So Divided At A Reduced Cell Size.