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A chemist who does not know mathematics is seriously handicapped.

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To me, [it's] extremely interesting that men, perfectly honest, enthusiastic over their work, can so completely fool themselves.

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In general, the rate of evaporation (m) of a substance in a high vacuum is related to the pressure (p) of the saturated vapor by the equation Red phosphorus and some other substances probably form exceptions to this rule.

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Only a small part of scientific progress has resulted from planned search for specific objectives. A much more important part has been made possible by the freedom of the individual to follow his own curiosity.

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Born: January 31, 1881
Died: August 16, 1957 (aged 76)
Bio: Irving Langmuir was an American chemist and physicist. His most noted publication was the famous 1919 article "The Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms and Molecules" in which, building on Gilbert N.

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