It Has Been A Privilege To Pursue

I Was Never Very Good At Exams, Having A Poor Memory And Finding The Examination Process Rather Artificial, And There Never Seemed To Be Enough Time To Follow Up Things That Really Interested Me.

My Parents Were Neither Wealthy Nor Academic, But We Lived Comfortably And They Were Always Extremely Supportive Of My Academic Efforts And Aspirations, Both At School And University.

Like Many Students, I Found The Drudgery Of Real Experiments And The Slowness Of Progress A Complete Shock, And At My Low Points I Contemplated Other Alternative Careers Including Study Of The Philosophy Or Sociology Of Science.

It Has Been A Privilege To Pursue Knowledge For Its Own Sake And To See How It Might Help Mankind In More Practical Ways.

I Had A Great Time Investigating The Pigments Of Different Mutant Fruit Flies By Following Experimental Protocols Published In Scientific American, And I Also Remember Making My Own Beetle Collection When It Was Still Acceptable To Make Such Collections.