Rudolph A. Marcus

“The beauty of a theory is that it can be applied to a wide range of phenomena.”

“Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers.”

“When you find something that you can predict and you find it holds, that's a great thrill.”

“The role of a theorist is to try to be as predictive as possible.”

“The Nobel Prize was a great honor, but the real reward is the discovery itself.”

“I think it is very important to have a background in mathematics and physics in order to be a good theoretical chemist.”

“You have to have a certain amount of intuition, which comes with experience.”

“There’s a pleasure in being able to see a problem and solve it.”

“One tries to learn from the experiment, and the experiment serves as a guide for the theory.”

“I was always interested in mathematics, and it's a very useful tool for a chemist.”

“Collaboration is very important in science.”