August Kekulé—The Architect of Chemistry Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of His Birth
1979; Wiley; Volume: 18; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/anie.197906413
ISSN1521-3773
Autores Tópico(s)Various Chemistry Research Topics
ResumoAbstract Imagination, daring, and critical understanding are the sources of the impulses still felt today which chemistry received from the theoretical studies of Kekulé. “Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, then perhaps we shall discover the truth; but let us beware of publishing our dreams abroad before they have been scrutenized by our vigilant intellect … Let us always allow the fruit to hang until it is ripe. Unripe fruit brings even the grower but little profit; it damages the health of those who consume it; it endangers particularly the youth which cannot yet distinguish between ripe and unripe.” ( Kekulé 1890).
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