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. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an… — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
Experimental science is a craft and an art, and part of the art is knowing when to end a fruitless experiment. There is a… — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station… — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set… — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
As Jews, their families left Russia to escape the poverty and the antisemitism. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my… — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
This was good training for research, because large parts of experimental work are sometimes boring or involve the use of skills in which one… — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
They wanted me to play more sports because they were acutely sensitive to their children being one hundred percent American, and they believed that… — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
Their educations ended with high school - my father going to work as a clerk and then salesman in a company dealing in printing… — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share
