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The more perfect the theoretical evolution of the sciences becomes, the greater will be the scope of their explanations and at the same time the greater their practical importance.

Wilhelm Ostwald

Thus there was for him nothing small or great in Nature. Every phenomenon embraced for him an endless diversity of factors, and in the yellow flame of an ordinary alcohol lamp whose wick was sprinkled with salt, he saw the possibility of accomplishing the chemical analysis of the most distant stars.

Wilhelm Ostwald

I have fortunately been proved wrong in that prediction demonstrates how far I underestimated that as science progressively developed and as its nature and attributes became more and more familiar, mankind's appreciation and acceptance of scientific progress has steadily accelerated.

Wilhelm Ostwald

Wilhelm Ostwald

Wilhelm Ostwald

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Born: September 2, 1853

Died: April 4, 1932 (aged 78)

Bio: Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald was a German chemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities.

Known for:

The fundamental principles of chemistry (1909)
Natural philosophy (1910)
Individuality and Immortality (1906)
Outlines of General Chemistry (1890)

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