John Pople

Sir John Anthony Pople, KBE, FRS (October 31, 1925 – March 15, 2004) was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry. Quotes Sometimes one can improve the theories in the sense of discovering a quicker, more efficient way of doing a given calculation. describing his discoveries in Density functional theory, December 29, 1995, in an interview with István Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai Candid science: conversations with famous chemists, Volume 1 of Candid science Imperial College Press 2000 1860942288 180 External links Category:Academics from England Category:Chemists from England Category:Nobel laureates in Chemistry Category:1925 births Category:2004 deaths Category:Nobel laureates from England Category:Wolf Prize in Chemistry laureates Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Fellows of the Royal Society Category:Carnegie Mellon University faculty