Amedeo Avogadro

Chemist and Physicist Italian 1776 – 1856

Proposed Avogadro's law about gas molecules.

379 quotes

"What we assume without proof is merely wishful thinking dressed as science."
"The path of discovery is paved with failed experiments and corrected hypotheses."
Perseverance
"In the ratio of molecules lies the ratio of all natural truth."
Science
"The invisible world obeys laws as strict as the visible one."
"To measure carefully is to measure with love for accuracy."
"The particle spins in solitude, yet combines in community; so it is with men."
"What nature permits at the molecular level, she permits universally."
"The hypothesis refined through experiment becomes the foundation of empires."
"Imprecision in science is a sin against truth itself."
"The smallest increment in knowledge is worth volumes of speculation."
Wisdom
"Nature's ledger is balanced with exquisite precision; not one atom is lost."
"To doubt the evidence is to doubt reason; to doubt reason is to doubt existence."
Truth
"The law of equal volumes revealed that nature speaks in simple tongues."
"In the constancy of physical law, I find comfort and meaning."
Faith
"The experiment repeated is the truth confirmed by experience itself."
"What cannot be measured cannot be claimed as knowledge."
Science
"The beautiful equation is often the truest one."
Truth
"Nature grants her favors to those who ask with precision and persist with patience."
Success
"The particle bound to another teaches us about the bonds that bind humanity."
"In the proportions of matter lies the poetry of creation."
Beauty
"To experiment is to converse with nature in her own language."
Science
"The scientist who cannot calculate is lost in the dark forest of speculation."
Knowledge
"What the eye cannot see, the instrument must reveal for us."
Technology
"The hypothesis is not fact until reality has verified it thoroughly."
Wisdom
"In every molecule sleeps the potential for infinite complexity."
Nature
"Precision in measurement is mercy toward the truth."
Kindness
"The law that governs one gas governs all gases; such is nature's democracy."
"To abandon calculation is to abandon certainty for the comfort of assumption."
Courage
"The smallest error in premise becomes the largest error in conclusion."
"Nature reveals her secrets not to the impatient but to the persistent."
Patience