Erwin Chargaff Quote

Biochemistry is helpless before life, having to kill the organism before investigating it. Biochemistry is, in fact, much more successful in practicing the second part of its composite name than in following the prefix.


Triviality in Science: A Brief Meditation on Fashions - Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Volume 19, Number 3, Spring, 1976 (p. 333)


Biochemistry is helpless before life, having to kill the organism before investigating it. Biochemistry is, in fact, much more successful in...

Biochemistry is helpless before life, having to kill the organism before investigating it. Biochemistry is, in fact, much more successful in...

Biochemistry is helpless before life, having to kill the organism before investigating it. Biochemistry is, in fact, much more successful in...

Biochemistry is helpless before life, having to kill the organism before investigating it. Biochemistry is, in fact, much more successful in...