Robert B. Laughlin

A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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Another important aspect of our home was respect for ideas. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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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. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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I also taught myself how to blow glass using a propane torch from the hardware store and managed to make some elementary chemistry plumbing such as tees and small glass bulbs. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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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. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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