Abstract:As the son of Lorenzo A. Richards [1], a well-known
physicist, and pioneer in Soil Physics, and with seven uncles
holding Ph.D. degrees, perhaps it was inevitable that Paul
Linford Richards1 would ...As the son of Lorenzo A. Richards [1], a well-known
physicist, and pioneer in Soil Physics, and with seven uncles
holding Ph.D. degrees, perhaps it was inevitable that Paul
Linford Richards1 would find himself choosing a career in science.
However much this may have been favorably influenced
by his relationship with his family, it was not forced upon him,
for as he told me, his father insisted that he, Paul, spend appropriate
apprentice time with individuals practicing alternate
professions before he chose to enroll in Harvard and to begin a
long and stellar career in physics. We should all be very happy
that his own force of will, innate talents, and strong desire to
take the path less trodden, placed him in a position to have such
a profound and widespread impact on Terahertz science and the
instrument and device technologies that are so commonly employed
today throughout our field.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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