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The inventors : a memoir

The inventors : a memoir

Book 2016

Fall, 1970. At the start of eighth grade, Peter Selgin fell in love with the young teacher who|d arrived from Oxford in Frye boots, with long hair, and a passion for his students that was intense and unorthodox. The son of an emotionally remote inventor, Peter was also a twin with a burning need to feel unique. The teacher supplied that need. They spent hours in the teacher|s cottage, discussing books, playing chess, drinking tea, and wrestling....