Steven Chu, who was born and raised in the US, has since childhood been very curious about nature, and has always been a "hands-on" person. In kindergarten he assembled model airplanes and tanks, and the rugs in his home were covered with all kinds of construction sets. He and some classmates even built a rocket, and Chu earned pocket money by analyzing the soil content of the gardens of neighbors.
出生、成長在美國的朱棣文，從小就對大自然充滿好奇，也喜歡自己動手做，從幼稚園玩組裝飛機、戰車，一直到家裡地毯上丟滿了各式各樣的建築零件，他還和同學自組火箭，又利用幫鄰居分析花圃土壤是否有酸化或是少了什麼養分，來賺取零用錢。