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In the late '30's when I was in college, physics - and in particular, nuclear physics - was the most exciting field in the world.

Ultimately, my Ph.D. is in mathematical physics, focusing on quantum field theory and curved space-time, and I worked with Stephen Hawking.

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

I was always good at math and science and physics.

Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.

I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent.

When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.

But while doing that I'd been following a variety of fields in science and technology, including the work in molecular biology, genetic engineering, and so forth.

My high school career was undistinguished except for math and science. However, having barely been admitted to Rice University, I found that I enjoyed the courses and the elation of success and graduated with honors in physics. I did a senior thesis with C.F. Squire, building a regulator for a magnet for use in low-temperature physics.

I've always really been into science, and in the last five years I've gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the universe.