My interest in the sciences... by Rudolph A. Marcus, a Canadian Scientist

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“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.”

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Name: Rudolph A. Marcus

Nationality: Canadian

Date of Birth: Jul 21, 1923

Profession: Scientist

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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.

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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.

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I have always loved going to school.

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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.

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My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate).

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