Otto Hahn

Chemistry Germany 1879 – 1968 99 quotes

He discovered nuclear fission with Lise Meitner, earning the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Quotes by Otto Hahn

Science without ethics is a path to ruin.

Essay 1950

In letters to Meitner, we pondered the impossible.

Correspondence 1934

Humor lightens the lab's heavy air: Why fission? To split the bill!

Anecdote 1939

Life's reactions are unpredictable, much like uranium.

Personal Note 1955

Art inspires the scientist to see patterns in chaos.

Diary 1918

The bomb's legacy haunts every atomic scientist.

Statement 1945

Key to our work: Persistent questioning of the obvious.

Nobel Speech 1944

Wisdom comes from knowing when to stop splitting atoms.

Reflection 1960

To my successor: Guard the flame of curiosity.

Letter 1965

Philosophy of science: Observe, hypothesize, verify, repeat.

Book 1920

A comeback to critics: Your skepticism fuels my reactor.

Debate 1937

In the garden of elements, fission bloomed unexpectedly.

Journal 1938

Meaning is found in collaboration, not isolation.

Speech 1953

Politics and atoms: A dangerous dance.

Article 1948

Life's brevity urges us to uncover nature's secrets swiftly.

Early Essay 1908

Like a painter, the chemist blends colors of matter.

Analogy 1922

Our major work on protactinium paved the way to uranium's heart.

Book Passage 1918

On my deathbed: I leave a world changed, for better or worse.

Last Words 1968

Aphorism: The atom teaches humility before its power.

Aphorism Collection 1957