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In Parallel With The Development Of My Interests In Technical Gadgetry I Began To Acquire A Profound Love Of And Respect For The Natural World Which Motivates My Scientific Thinking To This Day.

My Mother, Who Was Professional Schoolteacher, Was Particularly Concerned About Our Formal Education And Even Went So Far As To Start A Private School Together With Some Other Parents So That Our Intellectual Needs Would Be Met.

So Mothers Everywhere Take Heart. The Indoctrination You Administer Now May Have Unanticipated Positive Effects Years Later.

It Was At Bell Labs That I First Made Direct Contact With Real Semiconductor Experts And Thus Began To Fully Understand What Amazing Materials They Were And What They Could Do.

But The Need For Conflict To Expose Prejudice And Unclear Reasoning, Which Is Deeply Embedded In My Philosophy Of Science, Has Its Origin In These Debates.