Rudolph A. Marcus Quotes

• Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience.

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  Mathematics, Theory, Exposed

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• Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while!

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  Would Be, Littles, Easier

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• During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.

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  Math, Years, Numbers

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• Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.

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  Children, Growing Up, Parent

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• About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments.

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  Research, Too Much, Program

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• My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set.

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  Home, School, Science

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• After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began.

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  Independent, Brooklyn, Interviews

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• After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes.

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  Class, Attention, Pieces

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• My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem.

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  Reading, Surfing, Three

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• I have always loved going to school.

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  School

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• My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate).

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  Girl, School, Boys

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