It was in 1943 or ’44. We were living in a schoolhouse attic in Poland, hiding from the Germans. That’s when my mother says my interest in science first began. I don’t remember it, but she recalls reading me some books about electrons when I was 6 or 7. What I do remember were two books I read after the war when we were in refugee It was in 1943 or ’44. We were living in a schoolhouse attic intic in Poland, hiding from the Germans. That’s when my mother says my interest in science first began. I do not remember it, but she recalls reading me some books about electrons when I was 6 or 7. What I do remember both books I read after the war when we were in refugee