Arthur Birch (organic chemist) Quote

I have never been emotionally attracted by exactitude of detail, but rather by the broad sweep of ideas collected around philosophically defined examples that can be tested experimentally. I have never been a scientific "stamp collector", although it takes all types to make the world and I have greatly benefited by the "collections" of others.


To See the Obvious, Why Chemistry? (pp. 13-14)


I have never been emotionally attracted by exactitude of detail, but rather by the broad sweep of ideas collected around philosophically defined...

I have never been emotionally attracted by exactitude of detail, but rather by the broad sweep of ideas collected around philosophically defined...

I have never been emotionally attracted by exactitude of detail, but rather by the broad sweep of ideas collected around philosophically defined...

I have never been emotionally attracted by exactitude of detail, but rather by the broad sweep of ideas collected around philosophically defined...