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    Irving Langmuir

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    Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth. ↗


    — Irving Langmuir

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    The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. ↗


    — Irving Langmuir

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    And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international. ↗


    — Irving Langmuir

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    History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind. ↗


    — Irving Langmuir

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    Medicine also disregards national boundaries. ↗


    — Irving Langmuir

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    This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant. ↗


    — Irving Langmuir

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    Langmuir was married to Marion Mersereau in 1912 with whom he adopted two children: Kenneth and Barbara. Felix Hoenikker in the novel Cat's Cradle. In 1932 he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his discoveries and investigations in surface chemistry.

    Lewis's cubical atom theory and Walther Kossel's chemical bonding theory he outlined his "concentric theory of atomic structure". Irving Langmuir /ˈlæŋmjʊr/ (31 January 1881 – 16 August 1957) was an American chemist and physicist. While at General Electric from 1909–1950 Langmuir advanced several basic fields of physics and chemistry invented the gas-filled incandescent lamp the hydrogen welding technique and was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in surface chemistry.

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