One of the terrific aspects of MIT in those days was the enormous variety of experimental work that either took place there or was talked about in seminars by outside speakers aggressively recruited by the faculty. — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
So mothers everywhere take heart. The indoctrination you administer now may have unanticipated positive effects years later. — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether. — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
It is ironic that Einsteins most creative work, the general theory of relativity, should boil down to conceptualizing space as a medium when his… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists. — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
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