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
This was good training for research, because large parts of experimental work are sometimes boring or involve the use of skills in which one is not particularly gifted. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share Image
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 Image
As Jews, their families left Russia to escape the poverty and the antisemitism. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share Image
My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share Image
Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business. — Martin Lewis Perl Copy Share Image
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 Image
