![I still can't figure out what inspired me to do physics. But since I was nine or ten years old, I wanted to be like [Albert] Einstein. He was my hero. I knew no physicists. I knew no scientists. I had nobody around me. And I went to a convent that didn't even have higher mathematics and physics. I taught myself these subjects in order to get into university.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-still-cant-figure-out-what-inspired-me-to-do-physics-but-since-i-was-nine-or.jpg)
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