Changing from biochemistry to law was easy because I was rubbish in the laboratory. I could never decide how much to put in a test tube because I'm not very good at maths.
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I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.
I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more modern branches of pure mathematics.
I went to Duke University in the medical track. And then I decided I wanted to do something more creative, so I switched to biochemistry at Nebraska.
I chose biochemistry as my major and graduated after 4 years with an Honours degree in Biochemistry. During that time, I had come to love biochemistry research, although I was just getting my feet wet in laboratory research.
By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.
Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background.
At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math.
I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college.
After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result.
I was particularly good at math and science.