I'm An Engineer. I See Myself As

Part Of What I Do Is A Craft, But Part Of What I Do Is A Science. And I Guess The Craft Comes In Knowing What Science To Use And What Science Not To Use.

Back In The 40s And Early 50s, Building Simple Electronic Projects Was A Popular Hobby Of Many People. Back Then, You Could Buy, You Know, A Few Parts And - With Tubes And Build Something On Your Kitchen Table, And It Would Actually Work.

When A Pianist Sits Down And Does A Virtuoso Performance He Is In A Technical Sense Transmitting More Information To A Machine Than Any Other Human Activity Involving Machinery Allows.

To Those Of You Who Are Wearing Ties, I Think My Dad Would Appreciate It If You Took Them Off.

Other Kids Went Out And Beat Each Other Up Or Played Baseball, And I Built Electronics.