“However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th century books from our home library that did not provide much reliable information, and then I emptied the rather extensive city library.” FirstsBookHomeHandsCitiesCenturyInformationLibraryChemistrySurvived19th Century Author:Richard Ernst
“I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an award and entered the university in October 1943.” CollegeMathematicsUniversityPhysicsAwardsChemistryAbandonedExaminationScholarshipOctoberTrinityCambridgeTrinity College Author:John Pople
“I also became interested in chemistry and gradually accumulated enough test tubes and other glassware to do chemical experiments, using small quantities of chemicals purchased from a pharmacy supply house.” EnoughHouseTestsExperimentsChemistryChemicalsQuantityTubesPharmacy Author:Sydney Brenner
“I fell in love with Scotland and made good friends here, so I stayed after graduating with Honours in Chemistry.” MadeChemistryHonourGraduatesGood FriendScotlandFriend Love Author:Steve Blake
“I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get.” LightReadingSportsTaughtChemistryInclinationAthleticsTextbooksSkiing Author:Robert Huber
“I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up.” SchoolTeacherBlowEnjoyedHanging OutChemistryExplosivesAfter SchoolChemistry Teachers Author:Maya Lin
“I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.” ParentWillingChemistry Author:Martin Lewis Perl
“I was invited to join the newly established Central Chemical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1954 and was able to establish a small research group in organic chemistry, housed in temporary laboratories of an industrial research institute.” AbleGroupsResearchTemporaryChemistryChemicalsInvitedLaboratoryAcademyInstituteHungariansOrganic Chemistry Author:George Andrew Olah
“In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics was more interesting to me.” YearsFirstsInterestingTechnologyStudyConvincedPhysicsChemistryInstituteMassachusettsUndecided Author:Burton Richter
“In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964.” CollegeDegreesChemistry1960sOxford Author:John E. Walker
