Ira Remsen Quote

The popular lectures on chemistry which are usually delivered are not scientific lectures; they are frequently utterly lacking in everything that characterizes scientific method; and they leave no further impression on the minds of the hearers than that chemistry is a subject which enables men with the requisite degree of skill to become successful showmen.


"The Science vs the Art of Chemistry", in Popular Science Monthly Volume 10, April 1877


The popular lectures on chemistry which are usually delivered are not scientific lectures; they are frequently utterly lacking in everything that...

The popular lectures on chemistry which are usually delivered are not scientific lectures; they are frequently utterly lacking in everything that...

The popular lectures on chemistry which are usually delivered are not scientific lectures; they are frequently utterly lacking in everything that...

The popular lectures on chemistry which are usually delivered are not scientific lectures; they are frequently utterly lacking in everything that...