I had never been much of a science-fiction or Buck Rogers fan. I was more interested in what was going on right now than in the centuries to come.

When I was studying at Purdue, we learned our thermodynamics from an antique steam engine. When I went back in 1964, I found the laboratories packed with the most modern equipment for the study of thermodynamics, some of which had been built by the students themselves.

I suppose I built my share of model airplanes, but I can't remember that I was a flying fanatic.

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