Physics - The day I became a Physicist
It was 1954. I was 5 years old.
I was in the front garden with my Dad. A neighbor came by and said to my Dad, "So Bill is this your young son?"
My Dad, very proud, replied, "Yes, this is Ken".
Then the neighbor asked me, "So Ken, which would you like most, your Dad or a bar of chocolate?"
I thought carefully and then replied, "How big is the bar of chocolate?"
Tech Notes:
I did become a physicist. I got a PhD in experimental physics from the University of Cambridge in the UK. I worked at the old Cavendish Lab when it was still on Free School Lane. My office at the Cavendish overlooked Kapitsa's Crocodile. And the Cavendish produced some amazing science, including Rutherford splitting the atom and Crick and Watson discovering the structure of DNA.
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