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Rudolph A. Marcus

"After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes."

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"After some minor pieces of theoretical study that I worked on, a student in my statistical mechanics class brought to my attention a problem in polyelectrolytes."

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"The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality."

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"Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine."

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"Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance."

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