Citius—Altius—Fortius- Yeah! Why not?

I went for lunch with a really prominent scientist of our time- Dr. Allan Hoffman, courtesy my advisor Dr. Tyler! If she qualifies as his academic grand daughter, I qualify as one of his many great grand children, academic, of course. After his invited lecture on smart polymers, we went up a hill to the Pointe, a nice restaurant with an amazing view of the Salt Lake valley. Over lunch, we discussed questions relevant to research and a host of other things. You get inspired if you feel like getting inspired, one could say and pooh pooh anything- not this scientist though. He is 75 and has had a hip replacement and yet he works and collaborates in ground breaking research. I could talk volumes about him and his work, but I will let you do a little googling and find out for yourself!