Catalysis Quotes

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. (Wilhelm Ostwald)
It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of general chemistry, the highest scientific distinction that there is today has been awarded for those on catalysis. View quote
Wilhelm Ostwald
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. View quote
Wilhelm Ostwald
Chemists usually write about their chemical careers in terms of the different areas and the discrete projects in those areas on which they have worked. Essentially all my chemical investigations, however, are in only one area, and I tend to view my research not with respect to projects, but with respect to where I've been driven by two passions which I acquired in graduate school: I am passionate about the Periodic Table (and selenium, titanium and osmium are absolutely thrilling), and I am passionate about catalysis. What the ocean was to the child, the Periodic Table is to the chemist; new catalytic reactivity is, of course, my personal coelacanth. View quote
K. Barry Sharpless
Chemistry without catalysis would be a sword without a handle, a light without brilliance, a bell without sound. View quote
Alwin Mittasch
Faced with this general consideration it will immediately be realized on inquiry into the particular position occupied within this general scheme by the scientific field of catalysis that it is in the first stages of its development. View quote
Wilhelm Ostwald
I am the sort of writer who needs another form to tell me who I am and what has happened to me...I think all my novels are self-portraits, but there's no one character who resolves me, or catalyses me, or is me. View quote
Maylis de Kerangal