Abstract
What is written below is, as requested by the editor of AR Condensed Matter Physics, a set of recollections and insights gained from my personal trajectory that starts from my earliest years and continues on until now. I have been a participant in the growth of solid state physics from its early quantum insights to the highly popular foci of today’s vibrant condensed matter science community, while working at three institutions that helped spearhead this growth—UC Berkeley, Bell Labs, and Stanford University. It is rare to be actively involved in any creative enterprise for more than six decades. I credit my good fortune to stimulating science; great students and colleagues; a happy home; warm friendships; and, evidently, to my having inherited good genes.
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