One 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.

  • -- Roald Hoffmann 罗尔德·霍夫曼

有一天我发现用这种方法可以近似地得到乙烷内部旋转的势垒。这是我研究有机分子的开始。

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There are certain things you learn to do as a parent - using every single part of your body because you're multitasking all the time. You're holding the baby and you're closing the door with your left foot.

作为父母,你要学会做一些事情——利用你身体的每一部分,因为你一直在同时处理多项任务。你抱着孩子,用左脚把门关上。

I like using animals because they help suspend my reader's disbelief. We have certain ideas about dentists. We don't have many ideas about rhinoceros dentists.

我喜欢用动物,因为它们有助于消除读者的怀疑。我们对牙医有一些想法。我们对犀牛牙医没有太多想法。

I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.

我试着每天活在当下,试着不要对不公平和需要视而不见。

In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings.

在文学和生活中,我们最终追求的不是结论,而是开始。

I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off.

自从我脱掉裤子后,我就没有失业过。

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

每一个新的开始都来自另一个开始的结束。