17 Quotes by Rudolph A. Marcus

After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began.

My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate).

Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents.

I have always loved going to school.

Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while!

During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.

Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience.

About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close – there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects – and I began the process of winding down the experiments.