Join us for this talk by Roald Hoffmann, Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1981) and Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Emeritus, at Cornell.

At this event, Hoffmann pays tribute to his former colleagues Tang Ao-Qing (1915–2008, former president of Jilin University) and Lu Jiaxi (1915–2001, former president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), who received their advanced degrees in the U.S. and became founders of theoretical and physical chemistry in the People’s Republic of China. Hoffmann discusses how they returned to their homelands during a period of uncertainty, and how they forged their lives and careers through political and social upheavals in China. Hoffmann also shares his experiences as a scientist who migrated to America, while recounting how he came to know and appreciate these remarkable chemists—including the role Cornell University Library played in first exposing him to their work.

*Refreshments will be provided after the talk.

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