The chemical article is an artistic creation.... It is not a laboratory notebook, and one knows that that notebook in turn is only a partially reliable guide to what took place. It is a more or less (one wishes more) carefully constructed, man- or woman-made text... If one is lucky, it creates an emotional or aesthetic response in its readers.


Under the Surface of the Chemical Article, Angewandet Chemie International Edition in English, Volume 27, 1988

Roald Hoffmann Quotes

The chemical article is an artistic creation.... It is not a laboratory notebook, and one knows that that notebook in turn is only a partially...

The chemical article is an artistic creation.... It is not a laboratory notebook, and one knows that that notebook in turn is only a partially...

The chemical article is an artistic creation.... It is not a laboratory notebook, and one knows that that notebook in turn is only a partially...

The chemical article is an artistic creation.... It is not a laboratory notebook, and one knows that that notebook in turn is only a partially...