Ever since I was a kid growing up in northern New Jersey I've been fascinated by the tremendous progress being made in the various scientific disciplines in the 20th and now the 21st centuries. I come from a big family of eight, 5 brothers and sisters. My brothers were closest to my age so we did countless science related hobbies and projects together in the 1950's and 1960's.. Our dad was a research chemist and MIT grad so he was happy to encourage us in science rel more...