I have always felt that I understood a phenomenon only to the extent that I could visualise it. Much of the charm organic chemical research has for me derives from structural formulae. When reading chemical journals, I look for formulae first.
An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negative and positiv… - Donald Cram
An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negative and positiv…
- Donald Cram
I have always felt that I understood a phenomenon only to the extent that I could visualise it. Much of the charm organic chemical research has for m… - Donald Cram
I have always felt that I understood a phenomenon only to the extent that I could visualise it. Much of the charm organic chemical research has for m…
We usually don't have applications in mind. They come later. - Donald Cram
We usually don't have applications in mind. They come later.
Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical c… - Donald Cram
Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical c…
Any chemist reading this book can see, in some detail, how I have spent most of my mature life. They can become familiar with the quality of my mind … - Donald Cram
Any chemist reading this book can see, in some detail, how I have spent most of my mature life. They can become familiar with the quality of my mind …
Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. - Donald Cram
Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired.
This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of a set of com… - Donald Cram
This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of a set of com…
To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years. - Donald Cram
To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years.
By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girl… - Donald Cram
By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girl…
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