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My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem. Rudolph A. Marcus Background 263
Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience. Rudolph A. Marcus Basic 126
During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry. Rudolph A. Marcus Chemistry 111
After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began. Rudolph A. Marcus Brooklyn 96
Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents. Rudolph A. Marcus Child 95
I have always loved going to school. Rudolph A. Marcus Loved 86
After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes. Rudolph A. Marcus Attention 79
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. Rudolph A. Marcus Aspects 74
My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set. Rudolph A. Marcus Beginning 67
My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate). Rudolph A. Marcus Boys 62
Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to explore theory! Rudolph A. Marcus Believe 36
My mother used to wheel me about the campus when we lived in that neighborhood and, as she recounted years later, she would tell me that I would go to McGill. Rudolph A. Marcus Campus 30
Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while! Rudolph A. Marcus Easier 27

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