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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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Author Details: Type: Scientist Quotes Category: English Scientist Quotes Date of Birth: October 31, 1925 Date of Death: March 15, 2004 Nationality: English Amazon: John Pople on Amazon |
Related Authors: Richard Dawkins Charles Darwin Thomas Huxley Jacob Bronowski Michael Faraday Francis Crick James Lovelock William John Wills Martin Fleischmann |
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Select John Pople Quotations:
I have had many opportunities to visit universities all over the world in the past 50 years.
John Pople 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. John Pople I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more modern branches of pure mathematics. John Pople 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 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. John Pople 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. John Pople 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. John Pople |
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Quote Keywords: Age, Ahead, Algebra, Book, Class, Developed, End, Equations, Exposure, Fascinated, Intense, Interest, Mathematics, Read, Simultaneous |
Dictionary Links: Age, Ahead, Algebra, Book, Class, Developed, End, Exposure, Fascinated, Intense, Interest, Mathematics, Read, Simultaneous |
All John Pople Quotations: At the age of 12, I... From an early age I was... I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on... I am delighted to have had... I found a discarded textbook on... I had changed from being a... I have had many opportunities to... I was a close observer of... In the war, most young men... Leaving England was a painful decision... Life with a scientist who is... Like many other Laureates, I have... Looking through the list of earlier... On my return to Pittsburgh, I... Our children were mostly brought up... |
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