लगभग 1900 में मेरे माता-पिता बच्चे के रूप में संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका आए थे, उस क्षेत्र से जो तब रूस का पोलिश हिस्सा हुआ करता था।
About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.
About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.
किसी अभिभावक को स्कूल में इसलिए बुलाया जाना कि उनके बच्चे ने बदतमीजी की है, उतना ही गंभीर मामला था जितना किसी अभिभावक को पुलिस स्टेशन इसलिए बुलाया जाना कि उनके बच्चे ने बैंक में डाका डाला है।
A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank.
A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank.
प्रयोगात्मक विज्ञान एक दस्तकारी और कला दोनों है, और इस कला का एक हिस्सा यह जानना भी है कि किसी निष्फल प्रयोग को कब समाप्त करना है। किसी ऐसे निष्फल प्रयोग के प्रति जुनूनी हो जाने का खतरा रहता है जो किसी नतीजे पर न पहुँच रहा हो।
Experimental science is a craft and an art, and part of the art is knowing when to end a fruitless experiment. There is a danger of becoming obsessed with a fruitless experiment even if it goes nowhere.
Experimental science is a craft and an art, and part of the art is knowing when to end a fruitless experiment. There is a danger of becoming obsessed with a fruitless experiment even if it goes nowhere.
स्कूल जाना और अच्छे अंकों के लिए मेहनत करना, बल्कि बहुत अच्छे अंकों के लिए मेहनत करना, एक बहुत ही गंभीर काम था।
Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.
Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.
मैंने बहुत जल्दी सीख लिया था, जैसा कि मैं अब अपने स्नातकोत्तर (ग्रेजुएट) छात्रों से कहता हूँ, कि जब उपकरण काम नहीं करते हैं या माप अजीब लगने लगते हैं, तो किताब के पीछे कोई उत्तर नहीं दिए होते।
I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange.
I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange.
मैं सब कुछ पढ़ता था: फिक्शन, इतिहास, विज्ञान, गणित, जीवनी, यात्रा वृत्तांत।
I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel.
I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel.
मंदी के वर्षों में बच्चा होना और युद्ध के वर्षों में युवा होना मेरा सौभाग्य था।
It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years.
It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years.
मुझे रसायन विज्ञान में भी दिलचस्पी थी, लेकिन मेरे माता-पिता मुझे केमिस्ट्री सेट खरीद कर देने को तैयार नहीं थे।
I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.
I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.
प्रयोगात्मक विज्ञान में आने वाले युवा महिलाओं और पुरुषों के लिए मेरा अंतिम संदेश यह है कि उन्हें मेरी पीढ़ी के सट्टा लगाने वाले (स्पेक्युलेटिव) भौतिकी के विचारों पर ज्यादा ध्यान नहीं देना चाहिए। आखिरकार, अगर मेरी पीढ़ी के पास कोई भी वाकई अच्छे सट्टा विचार होंगे, तो हम खुद उन पर काम कर रहे होंगे।
My final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to the speculative physics ideas of my generation. After all, if my generation has any really good speculative ideas, we will be carrying these ideas out ourselves.
My final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to the speculative physics ideas of my generation. After all, if my generation has any really good speculative ideas, we will be carrying these ideas out ourselves.
मेरे माता-पिता स्कूल के शिक्षकों को उच्च प्राणी मानते थे, जैसा कि कई अप्रवासी मानते थे।
My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.
My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.
मेरे माता-पिता मध्यम वर्ग में शामिल होने के लिए पूरी तरह दृढ़ निश्चय थे।
My parents were determined to move into the middle class.
My parents were determined to move into the middle class.
प्रकृति के साथ काम करने वाले प्रयोगकर्ता को एक बाहरी और अक्सर कठिन दुनिया का सामना करना पड़ता है। प्रकृति के पाठ्यक्रम को बदला नहीं जा सकता।
The experimenter dealing with nature faces an outside and often hard world. Natures' curriculum cannot be changed.
The experimenter dealing with nature faces an outside and often hard world. Natures' curriculum cannot be changed.
उनकी शिक्षा हाई स्कूल के साथ समाप्त हुई - मेरे पिता ने प्रिंटिंग और स्टेशनरी के कारोबार वाली कंपनी में क्लर्क और फिर सेल्समैन के रूप में काम करना शुरू किया, और मेरी माता ने ऊन व्यापारियों की फर्म में सचिव और फिर बहीखाता लेखक (बुककीपर) के रूप में काम किया।
Their educations ended with high school - my father going to work as a clerk and then salesman in a company dealing in printing and stationary, and my mother working as a secretary and then bookkeeper in a firm of wool merchants.
Their educations ended with high school - my father going to work as a clerk and then salesman in a company dealing in printing and stationary, and my mother working as a secretary and then bookkeeper in a firm of wool merchants.
मेरे माता-पिता का स्कूलों से दूर रहना, जो आज भले ही चलन से बाहर लगे, अक्सर मेरे लिए दर्दनाक होता था, लेकिन मैंने कम उम्र में ही एक बाहरी और कभी-कभी कठिन दुनिया से निपटना सीख लिया था।
The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an outside and sometimes hard world.
The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an outside and sometimes hard world.
मेरे घर से पैदल चलने की दूरी पर दो मुफ्त सार्वजनिक पुस्तकालय थे; मुझे याद है कि मैं हर बार की यात्रा में छह किताबें घर लाता था, जो पुस्तकालय द्वारा तय की गई सीमा थी।
There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.
There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.
वे चाहते थे कि मैं ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा खेल खेलूँ क्योंकि वे इस बात को लेकर बेहद संवेदनशील थे कि उनके बच्चे सौ प्रतिशत अमेरिकी लगें, और उनका मानना था कि सभी अमेरिकी खेल खेलते हैं और खेलों से प्यार करते हैं।
They wanted me to play more sports because they were acutely sensitive to their children being one hundred percent American, and they believed that all Americans played sports and loved sports.
They wanted me to play more sports because they were acutely sensitive to their children being one hundred percent American, and they believed that all Americans played sports and loved sports.
पाठ्यक्रम चाहे जो भी हो, वह पाठ्यक्रम मेरे लिए उबाऊ हो या दिलचस्प, गणित में मुझमें प्रतिभा हो या भाषाओं में न हो, मेरे माता-पिता हमेशा 'ए' ग्रेड की ही उम्मीद करते थे।
Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A's.
Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A's.