While he does seem like tbe crackpot-type, your last point may not be fair. I don’t think you can get through a undergrad physics education without being able t

While he does seem like tbe crackpot-type, your last point may not be fair. I don’t think you can get through a undergrad physics education without being able to handle a decent amount of math. It sounds like it was just unfortunate he couldn’t find a experimental physics group as a grad student. I am surprised about this though, while I don’t know how it was back then, UM has an amazing experimental physics program now.