Theory Quotes by Dmitri Mendeleev

It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom.

— Dmitri Mendeleev

If all the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights, a periodic repetition of properties is obtained. This is expressed by…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

No one nor anything can silence me.

— Dmitri Mendeleev

There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.

— Dmitri Mendeleev

I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature,…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

I have to talk like this! It's my job

— Dmitri Mendeleev

The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character of a…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.

— Dmitri Mendeleev

The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves,…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.

— Dmitri Mendeleev