History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.
Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible… - Irving Langmuir
Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible…
- Irving Langmuir
Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of t… - Irving Langmuir
Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of t…
[There] are cases where there is no dishonesty involved but where people are tricked into false results by a lack of understanding about what human b… - Irving Langmuir
[There] are cases where there is no dishonesty involved but where people are tricked into false results by a lack of understanding about what human b…
History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to man… - Irving Langmuir
History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to man…
And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international. - Irving Langmuir
And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.
Train yourselves. Don't wait to be fed knowledge out of a book. Get out and seek it. Make explorations. Do your own research work. Train your hands a… - Irving Langmuir
Train yourselves. Don't wait to be fed knowledge out of a book. Get out and seek it. Make explorations. Do your own research work. Train your hands a…
A chemist who does not know mathematics is seriously handicapped. - Irving Langmuir
A chemist who does not know mathematics is seriously handicapped.
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. - Irving Langmuir
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
Many of the things that have happened in the laboratory have happened in ways it would have been impossible to foresee, but not impossible to plan fo… - Irving Langmuir
Many of the things that have happened in the laboratory have happened in ways it would have been impossible to foresee, but not impossible to plan fo…
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