I'm at peace with myself because what I talk about is the way I live.
The historical approach to understanding of scientific fact is what differentiates the scholar in science from the mere experimenter.
Half the time I read Hayek's The Sensory Order with amazement at the extent of his reading and comprehension. . he is right. . most of the time.
Sometimes I fear that, if Harvard does not give up trying to turn itself from an Institution of Learning into an Educational Institution, we may have a generation of professors whose duty it will be to disseminate information which they have not the time to acquire.
Doing an experiment is not more important than writing.
Chemistry on film is like chemistry in real life, it's either there or it isn't.
A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need is in the others.
Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.
Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.