I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.
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I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.
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 went into the Air Corps from 1943 through 1945.
I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.
In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics.
I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine.
Just after graduation in 1966, like many of my contemporaries, I applied for research training at the National Institutes of Health. Perhaps because his wife was a poet, Ira Pastan agreed to take me into his laboratory, despite my lack of scientific credentials.
I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an award and entered the university in October 1943.
At 11, I passed the scholarship - only just; I wasn't very good at maths - to Ilford County High for Girls. When the Second World War started we were evacuated, first of all to Ipswich, and then to Aberdare, Queen of the Valleys, in south Wales.
After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.