"We live in a troubled, but wonderful time. It is our good fortune to witness and benefit from scientific advances that would have been literally unimaginable to our grandparents. However, there are dark clouds on the horizon. The rate of growth of scientific knowledge has been so great as to outstrip the ability of our society to assimilate it, the capacity of the educational system to teach it properly and the wisdom of government adequately to sustain and apply it. There is growing indifference to science among the young. Even medical science, which touches the lives of us all, is generally left to the practitioners. Whatever the reason for this disparity between the importance of science and the lack of general public understanding, it is important to address it."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Academics from the United StatesHarvard University facultyChemists from the United StatesScientists from MassachusettsWolf Prize in Chemistry laureates
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
E. J. Corey, ‎Barbara Czakó, ‎László Kürti, Molecules and Medicine (2007). Introduction
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elias_James_Corey
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Elias James Corey
2 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Elias James Corey →
Related Quotes
"Part of the charm of synthetic organic chemistry derives from the vastness of the intellectual landscape along severa…"
"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."
"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"
"Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her…"
"The hunter catches a dreadful prey, the seaman steers his ship into an unspeakable harbor, the plowman sows and reaps…"
"You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply. I claim that privilege …"
"When Hector heard that challenge he rejoiced and right in the no man's land along his lines he strode, gripping his s…"
"In the ancient land of vintage and dance and sun-burnt mirth, there resounded during the Middle Ages a sweet chorus o…"
"The poetry of the troubadours was essentially social in character. Unlike Goethe's minstrel, who sang as the bird amo…"
"In the eleventh century the nobility, which had previously been terribly rough and barbarous, began to grow more refi…"