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# John Charles Polanyi

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John Charles Polanyi is a German-born Canadian chemist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical reaction dynamics.

## About John Charles Polanyi

John Charles Polanyi is a German-born Canadian chemist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical reaction dynamics.

##  Quotes by John Charles Polanyi · Page 2

> [Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-charles-polanyi/instead-in-the-absence-of-respect-for-human-rights-science-and-its/)

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> [What makes the Universal Declaration an epochal document is first of all its global impetus and secondly the breadth of its claims,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-charles-polanyi/what-makes-the-universal-declaration-an-epochal-document-is-first-of/)

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> [A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-charles-polanyi/a-wise-man-in-china-asked-his-gardener-to-plant-a-shrub-the-gardener/)

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> [Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-charles-polanyi/young-people-ask-me-if-this-country-is-serious-about-science-they/)

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> [For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-charles-polanyi/for-scholarship-if-it-is-to-be-scholarship-requires-in-addition-to/)

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> [At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-charles-polanyi/at-the-heart-of-science-lies-discovery-which-involves-a-change-in/)

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## John Charles Polanyi by topic

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