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"I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943."
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"I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943."
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"Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education."


"After developing a primitive theory (1968) I therefore did not pursue this subject. However, the work was taken up by others and in 1974 the first experiments were done in the ISR."


"Nevertheless, if I have at times been able to make original contributions in the accelerator field, I cannot help feeling that to a certain extent my slightly amateur approach in physics, combined with much practical experience, was an asset."


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"I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943."
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