“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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“My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields.”
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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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“Another important aspect of our home was respect for ideas.”
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“It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they were and what they could do.”
— Robert B. Laughlin
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“It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they were and what they could do.”
— Robert B. Laughlin
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“Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth.”
— Robert B. Laughlin
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