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The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work. ”
The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer. ”
With this in mind, for some twenty years I have set myself as my particular task the experimental investigation of the connexion between change in the structure and change in the spectra of chemical atoms. ”
By recognizing that the chemical atom is composed of single separable electric quanta, humanity has taken a great step forward in the investigation of the natural world. ”
When I was a little girl, I dreamt of winning grand slams and being No. 1 in the world. That dream stays the same as long as you're doing the career that you're on. I think it would be silly for that to change. ”
I have grown a lot in this area, but I used to be quite rigid and found it difficult to accept change. ”
Ultimately, I play for myself, and I take responsibility for my own actions. ”
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. ”
In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it. ”
Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. ”