Arthur Kornberg Professions : Researcher Born : March 3, 1918 Died : October 26, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Arthur Kornberg Half of what we know is wrong, the purpose of science is to determine which half. Arthur Kornberg determine purpose half Thou shalt not believe something just because you can explain it. Arthur Kornberg believe Nothing worthwhile is ever fun. Arthur Kornberg worthwhile fun The pursuit of curiosity about the basic facts of nature has proven, with few exceptions throughout the history of medical science, to be the route by which the successful drugs and devices of modern medicine were discovered. Arthur Kornberg medical nature science history No matter how counter-intuitive it may seem, basic research has proven over and over to be the lifeline of practical advances in medicine. Arthur Kornberg how medicine research matter Without advances, medicine regresses and reverts to witchcraft. Arthur Kornberg advances without witchcraft medicine DNA, like a tape recording, carries a message in which there are specific instructions for a job to be done. Arthur Kornberg dna job like done I feel now, as we did then, that for an effective approach to the problem of nucleic acid biosynthesis, it was essential to understand the biosynthesis of the simple nucleotides and the coenzymes and to have these concepts and methodology well in hand. Arthur Kornberg feel understand problem simple Analysis of the composition of samples of DNA from a great variety of sources and by many investigators revealed the remarkable fact that the purine content always equals the pyrimidine content. Arthur Kornberg dna content great always According to physical measurements, DNA chains are, on the average, 10,000 units long. Arthur Kornberg dna chains average long As in biomedical science, pioneering industrial inventions have not been mothered by necessity. Rather, inventions for which there was no commercial use only later became the commercial airplanes, xerography and lasers on which modern society depends. Arthur Kornberg inventions only society science Similar Authors Albert Claude researcher Amishi Jha researcher August Krogh researcher Arvo Ylppo researcher Allen Newell researcher Allan Snyder researcher All Authors
