Organic Chemistry

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Science

1852–1911

"A famous name has this peculiarity that it becomes gradually smaller especially in natural sciences where each succeeding discovery invariably overshadows what precedes."

🇫🇷Marcellin Berthelot

organic compound

freethought

1827–1907

"Science... dominates all things, it alone is of any definite utility. No man, no institution shall henceforth have an enduring authority if they do not conform themselves to its precepts."

🇺🇸Richard Smalley

Education

1943–2005

"Remarks by Richard Smalley at 2005 Alumni Banquet, Hope College."

🇯🇵Ryōji Noyori

Science

b. 1938

"Keep stupid, keep crazy. Knowledge begins with wonder. Success as a scientist is based on keen curiosity. If one wants to enjoy academic life, I would recommend him or her to be different."

🇺🇸Charles J. Pedersen

Science

1904–1989

"Every discovery takes place in more than a scientific context."

🇺🇸Robert S. Mulliken

Science

1896–1986

"...the more accurate the calculations became, the more the concepts tended to vanish into thin air."