Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible by the freedom of the individual to follow his own curiosity.
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…
A chemist who does not know mathematics is seriously handicapped. - Irving Langmuir
A chemist who does not know mathematics is seriously handicapped.
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…
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…
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…
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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