Mark S. Gordon和GAMESS

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Preface: Mark S. Gordon
Published as part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry virtual special issue “Mark S. Gordon Festschrift”.  J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121, 2715−2718. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b00181

一直以来对GAMESS保持着浓厚的兴趣。近期仔细读了一下上面这篇介绍Prof. Mark S. Gordon的文章，推荐给各位同仁看看。里面叙述了一些“琐碎的故事”，但是体现了科学精神。

譬如下面这个延期的故事：

“When John returned from England and saw the written manuscripts as chapters in Mark’s thesis, he wanted Mark to stay on for some additional months to do
systematic geometry optimizations of dimers, trimers, etc.-systematic studies being a hallmark of John’s research and subsequently Mark’s research as well. This delay created challenges for Warren Hehre and his wife Noko, who were waiting for Mark and Joan (Mark’s wife) to vacate their apartment and move on to a postdoc with Klaus Ruedenberg.”

里面的John是大名鼎鼎的John Pople。