Stephanie Kwolek Professions : Chemist Born : July 31, 1923 Died : June 18, 2014 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Stephanie Kwolek All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things. Stephanie Kwolek playing-around happens ideas I tell young people to reach for the stars. And I can't think of a greater high than you could possibly get than by inventing something. Stephanie Kwolek stars science thinking I was working with these very long-chain ... extended-chain polymers, where you had a lot of benzene rings in them. ... Transforming a polymer solution from a liquid to a fiber requires a process called spinning. ... We spun it and it spun beautifully. It [Kevlar] was very strong and very stiff-unlike anything we had made before. I knew that I had made a discovery. I didn't shout "Eureka!" but I was very excited, as was the whole laboratory excited, and management was excited, because we were looking for something new. Something different. And this was it. Stephanie Kwolek strong discovery science [At DuPont,] I was very fortunate that I worked under men who were very much interested in making discoveries and inventions. They were very much interested in what they were doing, and they left me alone. And I was able to experiment on my own, and I found this very stimulating. It appealed to the creative person in me. Stephanie Kwolek discovery men science I hope I'm saving lives. There are very few people in their careers that have the opportunity to do something to benefit mankind. Stephanie Kwolek something hope opportunity people I guess that's just the life of an inventor: what people do with your ideas takes you totally by surprise. Stephanie Kwolek you surprise life people Not long ago, I got to meet some troopers whose lives had been saved. They came with their wives, their children, their parents. It was a very moving occasion. Stephanie Kwolek parents long children moving Even in my neighborhood, the kids come to me for interviews for their term papers. I ask them later what grades they got, and they're always A-pluses. Stephanie Kwolek ask me always grades Similar Authors Auguste Laurent chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann chemist August Kekule chemist Ascanio Sobrero chemist Antoine Lavoisier chemist Antoine Bechamp chemist All Authors
