Age Quote by Richard J. Roberts

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

I was so pleased to be at university to do physics and mathematics.

— John Henry Carver

I started out with the intention of studying physics. I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well…

— Timothy Simons

I studied physics 12 in summer school after I completed grade 12. Did I enjoy it initially? No, I had found physics difficult since…

— Ann Makosinski

I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being…

— Timothy Simons

Chemistry was always my weakest subject in high school and college.

— Eric Betzig

I started out as a molecules kid. In high school and early college I loved chemistry, but I gradually shifted toward physics, which seemed…

— Leon M. Lederman

I am a passionate reader, having been tutored very early by my mother. I avidly devoured all books on chemistry that I could find.…

— Richard J. Roberts

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

My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.

— Elizabeth Moon

When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.

— James Rothman

From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that…

— David Gross