The Glassco Commission was really not interested in good science. It was interested in good accounting. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with good accounting, except that it does not necessarily lead to good science. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share Image
The citation for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry reads, 'for contribution to the knowledge of electronic structures and geometry of molecules, especially free… — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
The visible and near-ultraviolet emission spectrum of the CH radical has been known ever since spectra of an ordinary Bunsen burner have been taken. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
The CH radical is a very reactive radical which, under most conditions, has a very short lifetime. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
The Glassco Commission was really not interested in good science. It was interested in good accounting. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
Dealing with the health of people is more important than political considerations. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
Every newspaper feels it must have an astrology column, and even in the Carleton University bookstore this morning, I found books on astrology for… — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
For polyatomic free radicals and ions, one is dependent both for the ground states and the excited states on the study of electronic spectra… — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
Pursue science because it is knowledge, because it broadens our horizons. There is so much more to be discovered. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
It is very difficult to find appropriate words to say 'thank you' for an honour like the Nobel Prize. It is the supreme honour… — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
Many science people feel groups like WHO are there to do a job and not to be dealt with in a political way. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
There is nothing wrong with good accounting, except that it does not necessarily lead to good science. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share
