Martin Lewis PerlMy parents were determined to move into the middle class.363Humanity
Martin Lewis PerlMy final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to the speculative physics ideas of my generation. After all, if my… ▶311Thought
Martin Lewis PerlI was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.378Reflection
Martin Lewis PerlThe remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an outside and sometimes hard world.378SadnessTime
Martin Lewis PerlA parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank.303Hope
Martin Lewis PerlAbout 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.221Politics
Martin Lewis PerlI read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel.243Reading
Martin Lewis PerlGoing to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.202Life
Martin Lewis PerlIt was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years.181Humor
Martin Lewis PerlMy parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.2710Truth
Martin Lewis PerlThere were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.217Reading
Martin Lewis PerlI learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange.137Reading
