I found a discarded textbook on calculus in a wastebasket and read it from cover to cover.
Like many other Laureates, I have benefit immeasurably from the love and support of my wife and children.
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.
I developed an interest in nuclear magnetic resonance, which was then emerging as a powerful technique for studying molecular structure.
My contribution to quantum chemistry has depended hugely on work by others. The international community in our field is a close one.