Justus von Liebig
He made significant contributions to agricultural and organic chemistry, developing fertilizers and improving analytical methods.
Quotes by Justus von Liebig
The brush of the painter and the pipette of the chemist both create wonders.
True wisdom is knowing when to doubt and when to affirm.
The combustion engine will revolutionize travel, if we master its chemistry.
Life's brevity urges us to distill its essence through study.
A joke among chemists: Why did the atom lose its job? It couldn't bond with the team.
In the grand laboratory of existence, we are all apprentices.
The true chemist is a discoverer, not a mere recorder of facts.
Agriculture is the foundation of all industry.
The air, the earth, the water, the sun, are the great laboratories of nature.
Chemistry is the science of the changes which matter undergoes.
The most important problem for the human race is to secure its food supply.
The prosperity of a country depends on its agriculture.
The soil is the stomach of the plant.
The farmer is the true alchemist, who transmutes base earth into gold.
Science is the pursuit of truth.
The progress of science depends on the accurate observation of facts.
There is no such thing as a 'waste product' in nature.
The ultimate object of all research is to discover the laws of nature.
The most important discoveries are often made by accident.
The true scientist is never satisfied with what he knows.