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At school I briefly wanted to be a palaeontologist, but I was no good at chemistry and physics.

— Mark Gatiss

In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics…

— Burton Richter

My first job out of school was to do basic research at Johns Hopkins University's applied physics lab.

— Gordon Moore

In 1955, I got my degree in electrical-mechanical engineering. I realised, however, that my interest was less in practical applications than in the understanding…

— Francois Englert

I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.

— Edgar Mitchell

I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.

— Ellen Ochoa

I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.

— Frederick Reines

I went to Princeton specifically to study physics.

— Jeff Bezos

I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received…

— John Pople

I studied mechanical engineering at Princeton and worked on solar energy after graduation.

— Frances Arnold

I was not an especially diligent student but nevertheless obtained a reasonable education in physics.

— Robert Coleman Richardson