Wilhelm Ostwald

It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

My only supporter and comrade-in-arms was Georg Helm, who had endeavored to formulate an energetic conception of science before me and had…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

“I am now convinced that we have recently become possessed of experimental evidence of the discrete or grained nature of matter, which…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

“Die Wissenschaft ist ein Land, welches die Eigenschaft hat, um so mehr Menschen beherbergen zu können, je mehr Bewohner sich darin sammeln;…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority.

— Wilhelm Ostwald

The distinction between the old and the new formulations consisting in the incorporation of the concept of the rate of chemical reactions…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

In specific circumstances the period of aging decline can set in earlier in a particular organ than in the organism as a…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

Science is one land, having the ability to accommodate even more people, as more residents gather in it; it is a treasure…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

The worst manifestations of exhaustion were successfully cured by a long period of rest but it was immediately apparent to me that…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

Soon afterwards I studied the inversion of sugar in the light of these considerations and immediately found that this classical reaction, too,…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

For, with pure water the inversion of cane sugar scarcely proceeds and subsequently it required very thorough, difficult studies before this effect…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

Faced with this general consideration it will immediately be realized on inquiry into the particular position occupied within this general scheme by…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

In the first quarter of the nineteenth century the experimental proof for the interdependence of the composition and properties of chemical compounds…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

Nowadays, however, we recognize that simultaneously with the typical case of a chemical reaction a typical case of catalytic effect had been…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

The individual organs follow the same pattern as the whole organism, i.e. they have their period of growth, of stationary, maximum activity…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

We know from biology that new forms of organisms simulate their primitive form as closely as possible at first, even though obliged…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

Whether that coherence obtains universally is a question that need not be answered here since only those parts where the coherence has…

— Wilhelm Ostwald