Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling. ... Though to the layman, the world revealed by the chemist may seem more commonplace, it is not so to him. Each new insight into how the… — Henry Taube Copy Share Image
And as we continue to improve our understanding of the basic science on which applications increasingly depend, material benefits of this and other kinds… — Henry Taube Copy Share Image
Undeveloped though the science [of chemistry] is, it already has great power to bring benefits. Those accruing to physical welfare are readily recognized, as… — Henry Taube Copy Share Image
This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers. — Henry Taube Copy Share Image
Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling. — Henry Taube Copy Share Image
Because a child of one doubles its age after the passage of a single year, it can be said to be aging rapidly. — Henry Taube Copy Share Image
The benefits of science are not to be reckoned only in terms of the physical. — Henry Taube Copy Share Image
Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling. ... Though to the layman, the world revealed by the chemist… — Henry Taube Copy Share Image
My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946. — Henry Taube Copy Share Image