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. — John Pople Copy Share Image
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. — John Pople Copy Share Image
Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a… — John Pople Copy Share Image
Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry… — John Pople Copy Share Image
In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to… — John Pople Copy Share Image
Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during… — John Pople Copy Share Image
I found a discarded textbook on calculus in a wastebasket and read it from cover to cover. — John Pople Copy Share Image
I was approaching the age of 40 with a substantial publication record, but had not yet held any position in a chemistry department. — John Pople Copy Share Image
I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the… — John Pople Copy Share Image
Like many other Laureates, I have benefit immeasurably from the love and support of my wife and children. — John Pople Copy Share Image
I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received… — John Pople Copy Share Image
From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important… — John Pople Copy Share Image
I have had many opportunities to visit universities all over the world in the past 50 years. — John Pople Copy Share Image
