Word: armstrongs
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...Armstrong settled on physics at a young age, drawn to the exciting field that had recently developed radar and atomic science. At Harvard, he enjoyed his freedom to take courses in history and English, but the impression that science alone was making meaningful progress into the future confirmed his original intention to become a scientist...
...While in college, Armstrong had what was then a rare opportunity to work at the General Electric (GE) laboratory near his home in Schenectady, N.Y. He describes his position as an internship—before internships were part of educational or corporate culture...
...knew something about the way science was actually done...which was something I never heard a word about at Harvard College,” Armstrong says of his experience...
...Armstrong was about to graduate summa cum laude when his life took an unexpected turn. He had been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) fellowship to cover his graduate studies in physics, but his House Master John Conway at Leverett House offered him the chance to travel in Europe for a year on a Sheldon travel fellowship. At the time, Armstrong, who had never ventured further than Washington D.C., decided to take the fellowship...
...That was the worst advice I ever got,” Armstrong recalls...