By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.

D in Physics under the mentorship of Nobel laureate Abdus Salam in 1957. He was educated at the Sidwell Friends School and attended Harvard University for undergraduate and graduate studies earning a baccalaureate in chemistry and physics in 1953 and a master's degree in physics in 1954. In 1969 he was awarded Harvard's Ledlie Prize.