My doctoral work was completed by the end of 1950 and, at the age of twenty-two, I joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an instructor in chemistry under the distinguished chemists Roger Adams and Carl S. Marvel.
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.
My undergraduate, I double-majored in biology and chemistry. Biology was kind of my love.
High school was interesting, because I went from a public school middle school to an academy where the first year we were doing Latin, chemistry, biology. I mean, I was woefully unprepared for the type of study.
I wanted to be a veterinarian, but slipped up when I hit organic chemistry.
I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.
By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.
I really enjoyed working with Mariah, Alfre Woodward's character, because she's a wonderful actor, and I felt we had a natural chemistry that was reflective of real family members.
Joel Little and I have this certain chemistry we have when we work together.
Studying physics, mathematics, and chemistry is worshipping God.
My atoms love your atoms, it's chemistry.
