Chemistry Quote by Adolf Von Baeyer

This [discovery of a cell-free yeast extract] will make him famous, even though he has no talent for chemistry.

— Adolf von Baeyer

“I would not be among you to-night (being awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) but for the mentors, colleagues and students…

— Konrad Bloch

“In other words, the rule about great scientific advances is that to make them you have to break the rules. Nobody has ever won…

— Joi Ito

It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of…

— Peter Agre

“The indescribable pleasure—which pales the rest of life's joys—is abundant compensation for the investigator who endures the painful and persevering analytical work that precedes…

— Santiago Ramón y Cajal

“A great scientist once said that genius consists not in making great discoveries but in seeing the connection between small discoveries.”

— Walker Percy

“As both Herschel and Whewell would remark in their writings on science, the scientific process is inevitably a social one. Discoveries are not made…

— Laura J. Snyder

Written in 1895, Alfred Nobel's will endowed prizes for scientific research in chemistry, physics, and medicine. At that time, these fields were narrowly defined,…

— Peter Agre

“Science is full of egos and arrogance, but it is fuller of simple moments of pleasure at the joy of finding some gem of…

— Rob Dunn

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. — Albert von Szent-Gyorgy”

— Rose Sandy

All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot make great…

— Karl Pearson

“Discovery is seeing what everyone else saw and thinking what no one thought. —Albert von Szent-Györgyi”

— Philip Tallon