Dear List -
Correction
William N. Lipscomb, Jr.
Ethan
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Dear List -
I feel, and correct me if I am wrong, that a list as this or similar,
should be devoted to help and not sarcasm. I try to be quiet and to not
"toot my horn", but as events have progressed, I feel I must.
As you all know, I have a PhD. It is in Chemistry. The thesis is a
mathematical approximation to the solution of the "three body system",
using the Helium atom as a model. The thesis is 300 pages: 150 of
Mathematics and 150 of FORTRAN.
Graduate students are known to ask stupid questions, and I had my share
of them.
In the course of the research I needed help, both in quantum mechanics
and mathematics. As I was close to Boston, MA, I sought out help from
MIT and Harvard from:
Prof. William J Lipscomb, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, (1976)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lipscomb
He placed his research group at my disposal..
and
Prof. Richard Courant, director of what is now the Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courant_Institute_of_Mathematical_Sciences> at
New York University.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Courant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courant_Institute_of_Mathematical_Sciences
On a visit to MIT, he graciously gave me help with some mathematics I
needed for my thesis.
Neither of them told me to read my books and stop bothering them with
such trivia. They were helpful, gracious and gently pointed out my errors
My two cents.
Ethan
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