“Japanese universities have a chair system that is a fixed hierarchy. This has its merits when trying to work as a laboratory on one theme. But if you want to do original work you must start young, and young people are limited by the chair system. Even if students cannot become assistant professors at an early age they should be encouraged to do original work. ...Industry is more likely to put its research effort into its daily business. It is very difficult for it to become involved in pure chemistry. There is a need to encourage long-range research, even if we don't know its goal and if its application is unknown.” ScienceDifficultWorkEffortBusinessVisionStudentsIndustryResearchMeritJapanChemistryProfessorsHierarchyLaboratoryOriginalNobel LaureateUniversitiesChair System Author:Kenichi Fukui
“But the nature of my main work in chemistry can be better represented by more than 280 English publications, of which roughly 200 concern the theory of chemical reactions and related subjects.” SubjectsTheoryConcernReactionsRelatedChemistryChemicalsPublicationChemical Reactions Book:Frontier Orbitals and Reaction Paths: Selected Papers of Kenichi Fukui Source: Frontier Orbitals and Reaction Paths: Selected Papers of Kenichi Fukui
“Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of mankind - chemistry is in a position to make a contribution towards securing a true peace on earth.” KnowsWellsRealMightEarthEnergyGivenMankindPositionResourcesUnityContributionChemistryPeace On EarthScarcityTrue Peace Author:Kenichi Fukui
