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Nature 432, 955 (23 December 2004) | doi:10.1038/432955a; Published online 22 December 2004

Turning points Reality is wilder

Gregory Benford1

  1. Gregory Benford is in the Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575, USA.
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How a terrifying interview led to fun doing physics.

Job interviews can be harrowing, but few ultimately change one's career directions. One afternoon in 1967, a personnel clerk at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, California, ushered me into a large, messy office, saying only that 'someone' wanted to ask me a few questions.