Roald Hoffmann Quotes

Roald Hoffmann — Polish Scientist born on July 18, 1937,

Roald Hoffmann is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He has also published plays and poetry. He is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Emeritus, at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York... (wikipedia)

I learned English, my sixth language at this point, quite quickly.

I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry.

One day I discovered that one could get the barrier to internal rotation in ethane approximately right using this method. This was the beginning of my work on organic molecules.

I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.

Our part of Poland was under Russian occupation from 1939-1941.

Roald Hoffmann Quotes

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