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The structural theory of Kekulé has been the growth hormone of organic chemistry.

Melvin Calvin

The true student will seek evidence to establish fact rather than confirm his own concept of truth, for truth exists whether it is discovered or not.

Melvin Calvin

He who discovers a fact or makes known a new law or adds a novel beauty to truth in any way makes everyone of us his debtor. How beautiful upon the highway are the feet of him who comes bringing in his hands the gift of a new truth to mankind.

Melvin Calvin

There is not a "pure" science. By this I mean that physics impinges on astronomy, on the one hand, and chemistry and biology on the other. And not only does each support neighbors, but derives sustenance from them. The same can be said of chemistry. Biology is, perhaps, the example par excellence today of an "impure" Science.

Melvin Calvin

Melvin Calvin

Melvin Calvin

Born: April 8, 1911

Died: January 8, 1997 (aged 85)

Bio: Melvin Ellis Calvin was an American biochemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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