(source)
|
Sir Derek H.R. Barton
(8 Sep 1918 - 16 Mar 1998)
English chemist whose Nobel Prize-winning research helped establish conformational analysis (the study of the 3-D geometric structure of complex molecules).
|
Science Quotes by Sir Derek H.R. Barton (1 quote)
I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science.
— Sir Derek H.R. Barton
In 'Some Reflections on the Present Status of Organic Chemistry', Science and Human Progress: Addresses at the Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Mellon Institute (1963), 90.
See also:
- 8 Sep - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Barton's birth.
- Some Recollections of Gap-Jumping (autobiography), by Derek H.R. Barton. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
