Point of view Quote by Marie Curie

We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of…

— Marie Curie

We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.

— Marie Curie

Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for…

— Marie Curie

“It can even be thought that radium could become very dangerous in criminal hands, and here the question can be raised whether mankind benefits…

— Pierre Curie

“At my urgent request the Curie laboratory, in which radium was discovered a short time ago, was shown to me. The Curies themselves were…

— Ostwald Wilhelm

RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.

— Ambrose Bierce

The various reasons which we have enumerated lead us to believe that the new radio-active substance contains a new element which we propose to…

— Marie Curie

The various reasons we have just enumerated lead us to believe that the new radioactive substance contains a new element to which we propose…

— Marie Curie

The first experiments on the biological properties of radium were successfully made in France, with samples from our laboratory, while my husband was living.

— Marie Curie

History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.

— Irving Langmuir

Most of my scientific work has been basic research. There were no immediate uses for my discoveries, but today the radioisotopes are the workhorses…

— Glenn T. Seaborg

Whatever has been discovered has to be put to use - otherwise, what is the use of the discovery?

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi