John Pople English Scientist Quotations

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

I had to leave Cambridge and take up industrial employment for a period. This was with the Bristol Aeroplane Company. There was little to do there.

My contribution to quantum chemistry has depended hugely on work by others. The international community in our field is a close one.

Like many other Laureates, I have benefit immeasurably from the love and support of my wife and children.

I developed an interest in nuclear magnetic resonance, which was then emerging as a powerful technique for studying molecular structure.