Hermann Emil Fischer
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on sugar and purine syntheses.
Most quoted
"The astonishingly close relationship between the chemical constitution and the physiological action of organic compounds is one of the most interesting and significant facts in the whole realm of biology."
— from Speech, 1894
"Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds. Inorganic chemistry is the chemistry of everything else. And physical chemistry is the chemistry of nothing at all."
— from Attributed anecdote
"The chemist, like the artist, is driven by a profound curiosity about the nature of reality, seeking to understand the fundamental building blocks and their interactions."
— from Unknown
All quotes by Hermann Emil Fischer (412)
The peptide bond: a chain linking past to future in biology.
Doubt is the fuel of scientific progress.
Nature's palette of colors comes from organic compounds.
My sons carry on the legacy of inquiry.
Enzyme specificity is like a picky eater at a banquet.
The Berlin Academy: a beacon for chemists worldwide.
Synthesis is creation; analysis is revelation.
In old age, the thrill of discovery remains undimmed.
Tartaric acid's isomers taught me the power of space.
Science demands humility before nature's grandeur.
The Fischer indole synthesis: a tool for endless variation.
Friends in science are rarer than noble gases.
Proteins unfold their secrets slowly, like a well-guarded book.
My life's work is a bridge between chemistry and biology.
The cyanohydrin method: a gateway to carbohydrate chemistry.
Victory in research comes to those who endure.
Nucleic acids hold the code of inheritance.
Laughter lightens the burden of failed experiments.
As I face the end, I see my discoveries living on.
The unity of organic compounds reflects life's interconnectedness.
Contemporaries of Hermann Emil Fischer
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