John Pople

Scientist

1925-10-31

Quotes by John Pople

• 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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• 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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• I found a discarded textbook on calculus in a wastebasket and read it from cover to cover.

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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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• 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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• 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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