The 1970s, the decade of my teenage years, was a transitional period in American youth culture. — Eric Allin Cornell Culture Copy Share Image
My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English. — Eric Allin Cornell Civil engineering Copy Share Image
After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun. — Eric Allin Cornell Burnt out Copy Share Image
Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC… — Eric Allin Cornell Chess Copy Share Image
I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the… — Eric Allin Cornell Air Copy Share Image
Six months after that, I left Taiwan, first for Hong Kong and then for mainland China, where I spent another three months… — Eric Allin Cornell After Copy Share Image
With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us. — Eric Allin Cornell Left Copy Share Image
Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Francisco. — Eric Allin Cornell Brother Copy Share Image
As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake. — Eric Allin Cornell Books Copy Share Image
It was there I met my future wife, Celeste Landry, although our lives took us separate ways for many years and we… — Eric Allin Cornell Future wife Copy Share Image
Keep everything in perspective if you wish to be happy. For example... Losing an arm is more an inconvenience than a catastrophe.… — Eric Allin Cornell Arms Copy Share Image
Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it. — Eric Allin Cornell Be good Copy Share Image
Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read. — Eric Allin Cornell Found Copy Share Image
My fellow students there were very smart, but the really novel thing was that they actually seemed to put a lot of… — Eric Allin Cornell Effort Copy Share Image
My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs. — Eric Allin Cornell Chess Copy Share Image
Travel provided many interesting experiences, but perhaps the most useful lesson I learned was that I really had no proficiency for learning… — Eric Allin Cornell Character Copy Share Image
The postdoc explained to me how to distinguish different sorts of particles on the basis of the amounts of energy they deposited… — Eric Allin Cornell Amount Copy Share Image
My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close… — Eric Allin Cornell Attention Copy Share Image
There are relatively few experiments in atomic physics these days that don't involve the use of a laser. — Eric Allin Cornell Experiments Copy Share Image
