Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in… — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience. — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision… — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began. — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on… — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close -… — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate). — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home… — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem… — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry. — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience. — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while! — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
My mother used to wheel me about the campus when we lived in that neighborhood and, as she recounted years later, she would tell… — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
