It is disappointing and embarrassing to the science profession that some Nobel Laureates would deliberately use their well deserved scientific reputations and hold themselves out as experts in other fields.

On the terrace of the Pepiniere, the 150 pupils of the Institut Chemique talk chemistry as they leave the auditoria and the laboratory. The echoes of the magnificent public garden of the city of Nancy make the words reverberate; coupling, condensation, grignardization. Moreover, their clothes stay impregnated with strong and characteristic odours; we follow the initiates of Hermes by their scent. In such an environment, how is it possible not to be productive?

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.

Esa es la primera señal: donde no se ven ni escarabajos ni lombrices, es que allí es alta la radiación.

La caza y la guerra son la principal ocupación del hombre. Desde el principio de los tiempos.