Martin Lewis Perl

A 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. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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As Jews, their families left Russia to escape the poverty and the antisemitism. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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I 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. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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My parents were determined to move into the middle class. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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