“The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of the rate of chemical reaction.” ViewsCreationDevelopmentConceptsRateReactionsRationalDependentChemicalsChemical Reactions Author:Wilhelm Ostwald
“The distinction between the old and the new formulations consisting in the incorporation of the concept of the rate of chemical reactions is so great that it immediately asserted itself in the objective development of catalysis.” DevelopmentConceptsRateReactionsObjectivesDistinctionChemicalsChemical ReactionsIncorporation Author:Wilhelm Ostwald
“May the work for the further development of chemical science, which has its strongest roots in this beautiful, strong and hard-working country of Sweden, continue to flourish in the future, for the promotion of culture and the benefit of mankind.” MayCountryHardBeautifulCultureStrongMankindHard WorkDevelopmentBenefitsRootsStrongestChemicalsPromotionSweden Author:Otto Wallach
“The majority of America's colossal fortunes have been made by entering industries in their early stages and developing leadership in them.... Think of what opportunities the present and the future contain in such fields as ship-building and ship-owning, aircraft, electrical development, the oil industry, different branches of the automotive industry, foreign trade, international banking, invention, the chemical industry, moving pictures, color photography, and, one night add, labor leadership.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeDifferentAmericaMovingNightOpportunityStageFieldsBuildingColorDevelopmentIndustryPhotographyLaborTradeMajorityAddFortuneInternationalOilInventionShipsDevelopingBranchesChemicalsEnteringBankingOne NightElectricalAircraftColossalOil IndustryColor PhotographyForeign Trade Author:B. C. Forbes
“Every one of you sitting here today is carrying at least 500 measurable chemicals in your body that were never in anybody's body before the 1920s... We have dusted the globe with man-made chemicals that can undermine the development of the brain and behavior, and the endocrine, immune and reproductive systems, vital systems that assure perpetuity... Everyone is exposed.” MenMadeBodyTodayBrainDevelopmentBehaviorSittingEnvironmentalYour BodyChemicalsExposedPollutionGlobesImmune Author:Theo Colborn
“Environmental science is telling us a lot about our future and what it could look like, whether we're talking about global warming (the current poster child for the environment) or a loss of genetic diversity in our food supplies, or the effects of low-dose chemicals on human development.” HumansLooksChildrenLossTalkingEnvironmentEffectsDevelopmentDiversityLowsEnvironmentalCurrentsGlobal WarmingOur FutureChemicalsSuppliesDosePostersHuman DevelopmentFood SupplyEnvironmental Science Author:Paolo Bacigalupi
“The vision I see is not only a movement of direct democracy, of self- and co-determination and non-violence, but a movement in which politics means the power to love and the power to feel united on the spaceship Earth... In a world struggling in violence and dishonesty, the further development of non-violence - not only as a philosophy but as a way of life, as a force on the streets, in the market squares, outside the missile bases, inside the chemical plants and inside the war industry - becomes one of the most urgent priorities.” WorldWayFeelsMeanWarSelfPhilosophyEarthPoliticalPoliticsForceUnitedVisionStruggleDemocracyViolenceStreetsMovementDevelopmentIndustryDeterminationDirectBasesPlantPrioritiesChemicalsSquaresUrgentDishonestyMissilesNon ViolenceSpaceshipsDirect Democracy Author:Petra Kelly