My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate). Rudolph A. Marcus baronboybyng Change image and share on social
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 beginchemistryearly Change image and share on social
During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry. Rudolph A. Marcus chemistrycoursemath Change image and share on social
Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience. Rudolph A. Marcus basicconceptexperience Change image and share on social
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 breakconsequencedecision Change image and share on social
Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while! Rudolph A. Marcus easyexperimentalistlife Change image and share on social
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 aspectbeginbring share on social
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 attentionbringclass Change image and share on social
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 backgroundbegingently Change image and share on social
