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Clemens Alexander Winkler
(26 Dec 1838 - 8 Oct 1904)
German chemist who, in 1886, discovered a new element in the mineral argyodite, which he named germanium, for Germany.
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Science Quotes by Clemens Alexander Winkler (1 quote)
Die Welt der chemischen Vorgänge gleicht einer Bühne, auf welcher sich in unablässiger Aufeinanderfolge Scene um Scene abspielt. Die handelnden Personen auf ihr sind die Elemente.
The world of chemical reactions is like a stage, on which scene after scene is ceaselessly played. The actors on it are the elements.
The world of chemical reactions is like a stage, on which scene after scene is ceaselessly played. The actors on it are the elements.
— Clemens Alexander Winkler
Original German quote in Mary Elvira Weeks, The Discovery of the Elements (1934), 2, citing Winkler, 'Ueber die Entdeckung neuer Elemente im Verlaufe der letzten fünfundzwanzig Jahre," Ber. (Jan 1897), 30, 13. Translation in Mary Elvira Weeks and Henry M. Leicester (ed.)The Discovery of the Elements (6th ed. 1956), 3.
See also:
- 26 Dec - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Winkler's birth.
- Clemens Winkler and the Discovery of Germanium
- Discovery of the Elements, by Mary Elvira Weeks. - 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.
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