加州理工学院的Noyes化学楼掩映在青葱茂密的树丛间。一楼的走廊总是静悄悄的,显得古朴而又深邃,有如这里深厚的科研积淀一般。其中两间相邻的办公室,它们的主人一位是1992年的诺贝尔奖得主Rudolph Marcus,另一位是1999年的诺贝尔奖得主Ahmed Zewail。我按约定时间踏进前者的办公室时,看到的是两边高大的书架上摆满整齐精致的书籍,一位桌前白发苍苍的老者,手中仍攥着正在做数学推演的铅笔,因为年迈他的一只眼睛似乎都难以睁开,但仍对着我慈祥地微笑。他就是我的采访对象一因“对化学系统中电子转移理论的贡献”被授予1992年诺贝尔化学奖的Rudolph Marcus教授。 Noyes Chemical Institute of California Institute of Technology hidden among the lush trees. The corridor on the first floor is always quiet, simple and deep, as in the deep accumulation of scientific research here. One of the two adjoining offices, one of their owners, was Rudolph Marcus, the Nobel Prize in 1992, and Ahmed Zewail, the Nobel Laureate in 1999. When I stepped into the office of the former as scheduled, I saw books on the tall bookshelves on both sides of the neat and tidy books. A white-haired old man at the desk was still holding a pencil that was doing mathematical deduction. One of his eyes seemed hard to open, but still smiling kindly at me. He was one of my interviews with “Rudolph Marcus,” who was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contribution to the theory of electron transfer in chemical systems.