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Frank Press
American
Scientist
About the author
I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.
Frank Press,
American
Scientist
For my own personal growth I had to set out on my own.
Frank Press,
American
Scientist
#Growth
#Personal growth
My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them.
Frank Press,
American
Scientist
#Work
#Problems
#Students
#Attitude
When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment.
Frank Press,
American
Scientist
#First
#Computers
You travel across the country, you visit departments, you give talks, you talk about the work at your laboratory - what's going on, what the opportunities are there - you talk about your own research.
Frank Press,
American
Scientist
#Talk
#Work
#Country
#Research
#Visit
#Travel
Gutenberg and Richter were very great men.
Frank Press,
American
Scientist
#Men
It's a difficult question of relations between people.
Frank Press,
American
Scientist
#People
#Question