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“I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure. The tedium was relieved by a few courses that seem to be qualitatively different. Geometry was the first exciting course I remember. Instead of memorizing facts, we were asked to think in clear, logical steps. Beginning from a few intuitive postulates, far reaching consequences could be derived, and I took immediately to the sport of proving theorems.”

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Steven Chu (born February 28, 1948) is an American physicist and former U.S. Secretary of Energy (2009-2013). He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 for his pioneering work on laser cooling and trapping of atoms. Chu has held professorships at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, and served as director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research spans atomic physics, biophysics, and renewable energy. As Energy Secretary, he advanced clean energy technologies and climate change policies. Chu is a prominent figure in science and public policy, advocating for scientific education and sustainability. more

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