Organic compounds exist in which a hydrogen atom, joined…

Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical compounds exquisitely organized…

— Anonymous

As soon as chemists have a definite conception of the internal structure of the molecule of an organic compound, they are able to tackle…

— Otto Wallach

From the results so far obtained it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the long-range atoms arising from collision of alpha particles with…

— Ernest Rutherford

At two-tenths the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years, but the faster…

— Isaac Asimov

Finally I got to carbon, and as you all know, in the case of carbon the reaction works out beautifully. One goes through six…

— Hans Bethe

Should the research worker of the future discover some means of releasing this [atomic] energy in a form which could be employed, the human…

— Francis William Aston

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my…

— Jostein Gaarder

In this communication I wish first to show in the simplest case of the hydrogen atom (nonrelativistic and undistorted) that the usual rates for…

— Erwin Schrodinger

“The fine-structure constant derives its name from its origin. It first appeared in Sommerfeld's work to explain the fine details of the hydrogen spectrum.…

— John S. Rigden

In size the electron bears the same relation to an atom that a baseball bears to the earth. Or, as Sir Oliver Lodge puts…

— Waldemar Kaempffert

Having culture means we are the only animal that acquires the rules of its daily living from the accumulated knowledge of our ancestors, rather…

— Mark Pagel

The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself.

— Burleigh Grimes

Once DNA acquires the ability to persist forever, the carriers become disposable. Essentially, our bodies are designed to last long enough to reproduce.

— S. Jay Olshansky

Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth…

— Kate Atkinson

It's basic due diligence to make sure that whenever a foreign entity acquires a controlling interest in a U.S. company that national security isn't…

— Dave Reichert