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- Ahead
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Cover
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found a discarded textbook on calculus in a wastebasket and read it from cover to cover.
- Award
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like many other Laureates, I have benefit immeasurably from the love and support of my wife and children.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Contemplated
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- Nov 07, 2020
On my return to Pittsburgh, I resolved to go back to the fundamental problems of electronic structure that I had contemplated abstractly many years earlier.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020