I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.
About Frank Press
Frank Presswas an American geophysicist. He was an advisor to four U.S. presidents, and later served two consecutive terms as president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1981-1993).
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I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.
American geophysicist
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.
American geophysicist
When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment.
American geophysicist
For my own personal growth I had to set out on my own.
American geophysicist
Gutenberg and Richter were very great men.
American geophysicist
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.
American geophysicist
It’s a difficult question of relations between people.
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