John Pople Quotes

• From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of moving forward.

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  Running, Moving, Important

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• I was a close observer of the developments in molecular biology.

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  Development, Molecular Biology, Biology

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• Yo había cambiado de ser un matemático a un científico practicante. Cada vez me avergonzaba más no poder seguir algunas de las ramas más modernas de las matemáticas puras.

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  Branches, Modern, Scientist

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• At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book.

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  Book, Class, Age

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• I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an award and entered the university in October 1943.

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  College, Awards, October

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• On my return to Pittsburgh, I resolved to go back to the fundamental problems of electronic structure that I had contemplated abstractly many years earlier.

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  Years, Fundamentals, Pittsburgh

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• I have had many opportunities to visit universities all over the world in the past 50 years.

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  Past, Opportunity, Years

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• Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during those years as they passed through Cambridge.

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  Años, números, listas

  "John Pople - Biographical". www.nobelprize.org.

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• Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress.

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  Jobs, Home, Progress

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• Estoy encantado de haber tenido estudiantes, amigos y colegas en tantas naciones y de haber aprendido de ellos mucho de lo que sé. Este Premio Nobel les honra a todos ellos.

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  Awards, Students, Nobel

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• In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to attend university before taking part in wartime research projects.

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  War, Men, Age

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• Our children were mostly brought up and educated in the Churchill suburb east of Pittsburgh. Each summer, we took them back to England for an extended period.

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  Summer, Children, East

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• Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S.

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  Pain, Regret, Decision

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• I was approaching the age of 40 with a substantial publication record, but had not yet held any position in a chemistry department.

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  Age, Records, Chemistry

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