From as far back as I remember, I can hear my dad quoting famous scientists. At our family dinners I heard that Pasteur said “chance favors the prepared mind,” and learned that Einstein believed that “inspiration comes to the prepared mind.” At first, while in grade school, I did not understand, nor did I care. By age thirteen, however, I had begun to appreciate something about what they - Pasteur, Einstein, and my dad - meant. As if just yesterday,...