I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity Col…

- John Pople

On my return to Pittsburgh, I resolved to go back to the fundamental problems of electronic structure that I had contemplated abstractly many years e…

- John Pople

Our children were mostly brought up and educated in the Churchill suburb east of Pittsburgh. Each summer, we took them back to England for an extende…

- John Pople

At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead o…

- John Pople

I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more mode…

- John Pople

I have had many opportunities to visit universities all over the world in the past 50 years.

- John Pople

I was a close observer of the developments in molecular biology.

- John Pople

In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to attend university before taking…

- John Pople

From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and seen as a way of movin…

- John Pople