Paul Lauterbur Professions : Chemist Born : May 6, 1929 Died : March 27, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Paul Lauterbur You could write the entire history of science in the last 50 years in terms of papers rejected by Science or Nature. Paul Lauterbur paper writing years With luck, you have other things to do than wait for lightning to strike. Paul Lauterbur wait things you luck By the end of the millennium, despite the continuing excitement of the field, almost thirty years of a detour from chemistry to medical imaging began to pall, and I changed my focus to a field of chemical research, just in time for my past to catch up with me in the form of a Nobel Prize. All detours should be so productive! Paul Lauterbur me medical focus time If it doesn't seem possible, nothing much gets done. Paul Lauterbur much possible nothing done I wanted to be free to try any silly thing I decided to do. Paul Lauterbur any free try silly Similar Authors Auguste Laurent chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann chemist August Kekule chemist Ascanio Sobrero chemist Antoine Lavoisier chemist Antoine Bechamp chemist All Authors