Quote of the day
We must have religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake, as with art for art's sake…the beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.
Roger Adams
Born: January 2, 1889
Died: July 6, 1971 (aged 82)
Bio: Roger Adams was an American organic chemist. He is best known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and his work did much to determine the composition of naturally occurring substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids.
Known for:
- The Biochemistry of the Nucleic Acids
- Organic Syntheses -
- Artist of Life: Festival of Youth







