Henry Taube quotes

Henry Taube was a Canadian-born chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on electron transfer reactions in metal complexes. His groundbreaking research contributed significantly to the understanding of chemical processes in both inorganic and biological systems. He remains recognized as one of the most influential inorganic chemists of the twentieth century. Here are 5 of his quotes:

The benefits of science are not to be reckoned only in terms of the physical.

Henry Taube

And as we continue to improve our understanding of the basic science on which applications increasingly depend, material benefits of this and other kinds are secured for the future.

Henry Taube

My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946.

Henry Taube

This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers.

Henry Taube