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 for in a sense. I do not think Dr. Whitney deliberately plans his serendipity but he is built that way; he has the art-an instinctive way of preparing himself by his curiosity and by his interest in people and in all kinds of things and in nature, so that the things he learns react on one another and thereby accomplish things that would be impossible to foresee and plan.
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…
- 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
Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible…
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…
And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international. - Irving Langmuir
And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.
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.
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…
Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search fo… - Irving Langmuir
Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search fo…
To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all nations, a realization of their… - Irving Langmuir
To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all nations, a realization of their…
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