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Aleksandr Butlerov
(6 Sep 1828 - 17 Aug 1886)
Russian chemist.
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Science Quotes by Aleksandr Butlerov (1 quote)
I would ... change the accepted rule that the nature of a complex molecule is determined by the nature, quantity, and position of its elementary component parts, by the following statement: the chemical nature of a complex molecule is determined by the nature of its elementary component parts, their quantity and chemical structure.
— Aleksandr Butlerov
'On the Chemical Structure of Substances' 1861.
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- 6 Sep - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Butlerov's birth.
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) -- 
