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It Was At Bell Labs That I First Made Direct Contact With Real Semiconductor Experts And Thus Began To Fully Understand What Amazing Materials They Were And What They Could Do.

It Is An Interesting Fact That During My Tour I Was Never Allowed Access To Computers, Radios, Or Anything Else That I Might Damage Through Curiosity, Or Perhaps Something More Sinister.

As A Consequence While We Had A Roof Over Our Heads, Food On The Table, And Clothes To Wear To School We Were Constantly Conscious Of Being Of Modest Means.

My Mother, Who Was Professional Schoolteacher, Was Particularly Concerned About Our Formal Education And Even Went So Far As To Start A Private School Together With Some Other Parents So That Our Intellectual Needs Would Be Met.

To This Day I Always Insist On Working Out A Problem From The Beginning Without Reading Up On It First, A Habit That Sometimes Gets Me Into Trouble But Just As Often Helps Me See Things My Predecessors Have Missed.