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Syria
I never found out why they sent me to Syria. Perhaps something in my first report on Korea, from which the Korean authorities seem to have gleaned with joy the impression that I... › more
Work Experience
My first job when I left home in 1946 was as a technician (technically called a “junior mechanician”) in an automatic telephone exchange at Kelburn in Wellington.... › more
Prof Percival
My tertiary education has been a slow and tedious process, spanning in all some 44 years. It was slow because for the first four years I didn’t understand what learning... › more
Cars
I suppose I can claim to be born into the motoring age. At least my father was always pretty keen on cars, owning his first car, a Model T Ford in 1925, and having a succession... › more
The Scientist
Scientists are just people, with all the variety and idiosyncrasy that you would find in any other group of people. The “mad professor” image that the silly... › more