Alexander Crum Brown Quotes

Unless the chemist learns the language of mathematics, he will become a provincial and the higher branches of chemical work, that require reason as well as skill, will gradually pass out of his hands.

Alexander Crum Brown

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  Alexander Crum Brown
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  • Chemist