Eric Allin Cornell

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#engineering #english #father #high #high school

After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

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As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

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Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

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Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

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I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open to bring the rocket safely back. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#back #blast #bring #building #certainly

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

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I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

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It was there I met my future wife, Celeste Landry, although our lives took us separate ways for many years and we were not to marry until more than ten years later. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

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Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Francisco. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#brother #final #francisco #high #high school