On August 23, 2007, Ronald Stouffer interviewed Dr. Syukuro Manabe at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey, for the American Meteorological Society's Tape Recorded Interview Project. Manabe reflects on his early life in Shikoku, Japan, where his father and grandfather were physicians, and his initial pursuit of medicine before transitioning to physical science, citing his interest in logical problem-solving.