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>> when i was 11 years old, i got fascinated with a flame on a candle. for days i would look at this flame and i would think, what is it, what's going on in there? so, i asked a teacher. what's a flame? and the teacher thought for a second and said, it's oxidation. and that was it. somebody said a wonderful thing about this. they called it the curse of knowledge. they don't seem to go together, but actually, if you know something really well, sometimes you forget what it's like not to know that. >> reporter: what it's like to be a very curious little boy, growing up in new york city, the son of an actor who wanted him to be a doctor. so, he took a chemistry course. >> in the final exam, i got 10 out of 100 on my final paper. so, the professor called me into his office, he looked at my paper and he said, "why are you here?" and i said, "i'm here to make my father happy."