Erwin Chargaff (11 August 1905 – 20 June 2002) was an Austro-Hungarian biochemist.
He was immigrated to the United States during the Nazi era and was a professor of b...
Scientific fashions last longer than women's fashions but not as long as men's. Erwin Chargaff
Scientific fashions last longer than women's fashions but not as long as men's.
He [said of one or other eminent colleagues] is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't know which half. Erwin Chargaff
He [said of one or other eminent colleagues] is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't know which half.
When the so-called think tanks began to replace the thought processes of human beings, I called them the aseptic tanks. Erwin Chargaff
When the so-called think tanks began to replace the thought processes of human beings, I called them the aseptic tanks.
We manipulate nature as if we were stuffing an Alsatian goose. We create new forms of energy; we make new elements; we kill crops; we wash brains. I can hear them in the dark sharpening their lasers. Erwin Chargaff
We manipulate nature as if we were stuffing an Alsatian goose. We create new forms of energy; we make new elements; we kill crops; we wash brains. I can hear them in the dark sharpening their lasers.
If at one time or another I have brushed a few colleagues the wrong way, I must apologize: I had not realized that they were covered with fur. Erwin Chargaff
If at one time or another I have brushed a few colleagues the wrong way, I must apologize: I had not realized that they were covered with fur.
Life is the continuing intervention of the inexplicable. Erwin Chargaff
Life is the continuing intervention of the inexplicable.
The modern version of Buridan's ass [a figurative description of a man of indecision] has a Ph.D., but no time to grow up as he is undecided between making a Leonardo da Vinci in the test tube or planting a Coca Cola sign on Mars. Erwin Chargaff
The modern version of Buridan's ass [a figurative description of a man of indecision] has a Ph.D., but no time to grow up as he is undecided between making a Leonardo da Vinci in the test tube or planting a Coca Cola sign on Mars.
The narrow slit through which the scientist, if he wants to be successful, must view nature constructs, if this goes on for a long time, his entire character; and, more often than not. Erwin Chargaff
The narrow slit through which the scientist, if he wants to be successful, must view nature constructs, if this goes on for a long time, his entire character; and, more often than not.
Outside his own ever-narrowing field of specialization, a scientist is a layman. What members of an academy of science have in common is a certain form of semiparasitic living. Erwin Chargaff
Outside his own ever-narrowing field of specialization, a scientist is a layman. What members of an academy of science have in common is a certain form of semiparasitic living.
If you can modify a cell, it's only a short step to modifying a mouse, and if you can modify a mouse, it's only a step to modifying a higher animal, even man. Erwin Chargaff
If you can modify a cell, it's only a short step to modifying a mouse, and if you can modify a mouse, it's only a step to modifying a higher animal, even man.
What I see coming is a gigantic slaughterhouse, an Auschwitz, in which valuable enzymes, hormones, and so on will be extracted instead of gold teeth. Erwin Chargaff
What I see coming is a gigantic slaughterhouse, an Auschwitz, in which valuable enzymes, hormones, and so on will be extracted instead of gold teeth.
Science is now the craft of the manipulation, substitution and deflection of the forces of nature. Erwin Chargaff
Science is now the craft of the manipulation, substitution and deflection of the forces of nature.