The question of genius -- Roots -- To be an engineer -- A graduate student's paradise -- Many-body beginnings -- Academic life -- Engineering for national defense -- The transistor -- The break from Bell -- Homecoming -- Cracking the riddle of superconductivity -- Two Nobels are better than one hole in one -- A hand in industry -- Citizen of science -- Pins and needles and waves -- Last journey -- True genius and how to cultivate it.