It requires a great deal of knowledge and experience. Beyond knowledge and experience, students inevitably gain some of Yao's infectious sense of wonder at being able to see into a hidden realm. Standing in the lab recently, Yao couldn't help laughing as he pointed out an image of the craggy interior of a semiconductor, whose nanometer-size features could, in another context, have been mistaken for a black and white picture of the Grand Canyon. That really is incredible to me. The Bulletin is published weekly during the academic year, except during University breaks and exam weeks, by the Office of Communications, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.
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