Roald HoffmannFrom a chemist's point of view, the surface or interior of a star…is boring—there are no molecules there.364Reflection
Roald HoffmannI came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.357Philosophy
Roald HoffmannOne 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.379Politics
Roald HoffmannI learned English, my sixth language at this point, quite quickly.325Time
Roald HoffmannAlan Rocke's Image and Reality does so many things vividly and convincingly: it shows how visual images led chemistry step by step to the reality of the microscopic world; how sim… ▶282Truth
Roald HoffmannKnowing without seeing is at the heart of chemistry.163Love
Roald HoffmannI 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 chemistr… ▶136Humor
