At Age 11 In 1960, I Moved

How Scientists Go About Their Job: And It's A Process, It's A Question Of Asking Questions, Respecting Observation, Respecting Experiment, Having Tentative Explanations And Then Testing Them.... There Is A Problem Sometimes With How We Teach Science At Schools. Because We Sometimes Teach It As If It Has Been Chiseled In Stone.

After An Extensive Interview He Arranged For My Weaknesses In Foreign Languages To Be Over-looked And So I Started A Biology Degree At Birmingham In 1967.

I Was Never Very Good At Exams, Having A Poor Memory And Finding The Examination Process Rather Artificial, And There Never Seemed To Be Enough Time To Follow Up Things That Really Interested Me.

My Parents Were Neither Wealthy Nor Academic, But We Lived Comfortably And They Were Always Extremely Supportive Of My Academic Efforts And Aspirations, Both At School And University.

I Felt Strongly That Since The Pursuit Of Good Science Was So Difficult It Was Essential That The Problem Being Studied Was An Important One To Justify The Effort Expanded.