Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  An haifi Mottelson a Chicago, Illinois, ɗan Georgia (Blum) da Goodman Mottelson, injiniya. Ya kammala karatunsa daga Lyons Township High School a LaGrange, Illinois. Ya sami digiri na farko daga Jami'ar Purdue a shekarar 1947, kuma Ph.D. a fannin kimiyyar nukiliya daga Jami'ar Harvard a shekarar 1950.  Tambaya: Yaushe ya kammala karatunsa daga Purdue?
Shekara ta 1947