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Harold C. Urey
(29 Apr 1893 - 5 Jan 1981)
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Science Quotes by Harold C. Urey (9 quotes)
[My study of the universe] leaves little doubt that life has occurred on other planets. I doubt if the human race is the most intelligent form of life.
— Harold C. Urey
[Pure research] is worth every penny it costs.
— Harold C. Urey
Above all, I regret that scientific experiments—some of them mine—should have produced such a terrible weapon as the hydrogen bomb. Regret, with all my soul, but not guilt.
— Harold C. Urey
I am very unhappy to conclude that the hydrogen bomb should be developed and built.
— Harold C. Urey
I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the basic for the most powerful weapon ever known [the nuclear bomb] … I thought maybe my discovery might have the practical value of, say, neon in neon signs.
[He was awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering deuterium.]
[He was awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering deuterium.]
— Harold C. Urey
If God didn't create life this way, He certainly missed a good bet.
— Harold C. Urey
Life is not a miracle. It is a natural phenomenon, and can be expected to appear whenever there is a planet whose conditions duplicate those of the earth.
[Stating his belief that planets supporting life cannot be rare.]
[Stating his belief that planets supporting life cannot be rare.]
— Harold C. Urey
Most scientists think wars and national boundaries are a menace to the true creative spirit by which science must live, they hate war and they are terrified of atomic war—because they know its possibilities.
— Harold C. Urey
You cannot become a nuclear physicist capable of real work in the field merely by studying alone in a library, any more than you can become a Jesuit without a certain number of years spent in company with Jesuit scholars. This, and the fact that scientists are among the most international-minded of men, may well be the most important factor in our survival.
— Harold C. Urey
See also:
- 29 Apr - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Urey's birth.