 He was the top student in the class, but found it hard to get a willing supervisor for research.He lost a scholarship to a man who had only one publication, while he already had six.While earning a PhD at Harvard, he was told that he was to win a scientific competition, which was evidently between him and one man; the Dean confided to him, “I have read both applications, and it’s going to be you; your application is so much better.” But the award was given to the man, who dropped out of science a year later.