▁B inet ▁launched ▁the ▁first ▁intelligence ▁test , ▁and ▁Ein stein , ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁relativ ity . ▁ ▁When ▁C att ell ▁was ▁about ▁five ▁years ▁old , ▁his ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁Tor qu ay , ▁Dev on , ▁in ▁the ▁south - west ▁of ▁England , ▁where ▁he ▁grew ▁up ▁with ▁strong ▁interests ▁in ▁science ▁and ▁spent ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁time ▁sail ing ▁around ▁the ▁coast line . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁his ▁family ▁( and ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁in ▁his ▁generation ) ▁to ▁attend ▁university : ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁to ▁study ▁chem istry ▁at ▁King ' s ▁College , ▁London , ▁where ▁he ▁obtained ▁a ▁B . Sc .( H ons ) ▁degree ▁with ▁ 1 st - class ▁hon ors ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 9 ▁years . ▁While ▁studying ▁physics ▁and ▁chem istry ▁at ▁university ▁he ▁learned ▁from ▁influ ential ▁people ▁in ▁many ▁other ▁fields , ▁who ▁visited ▁or ▁lived ▁in ▁London . ▁He ▁writes : ▁"[ I ] ▁brow sed ▁far ▁outside ▁science ▁in ▁my ▁reading ▁and ▁attended ▁public ▁lect ures ▁- ▁Ber tr and ▁Russell , ▁H . ▁G . ▁Well s , ▁H ux ley , ▁and ▁Shaw ▁being ▁my ▁favorite ▁speak ers ▁( the ▁last , ▁in ▁a ▁meeting ▁at ▁King ' s ▁College , ▁converted ▁me ▁to ▁veget arian ism ▁- ▁for ▁almost ▁two ▁years !" ▁( p . ▁ 6 4 ). ▁ ▁As ▁he ▁observed ▁first - hand ▁the ▁terrible ▁destruction