Louis Plack Hammett
(7 Apr 1894 - 9 Feb 1987)

American chemist.

Science Quotes by Louis Plack Hammett (2)

One of the most striking evidences of the reliability of the organic chemist's methods of determining molecular structure is the fact that he has never been able to derive satisfactory structures for supposed molecules which are in fact nonexistent.
— Louis Plack Hammett
Physical Organic Chemistry; Reaction Rates, Equilibria, and Mechanisms (1940),38.
See also:  |  Molecule (39)  |  Organic Chemistry (16)

To many physical chemists in the 1920's and early 1930's, the organic chemist was a grubby artisan engaged in an unsystematic search for new compounds, a search which was strongly influenced by the profit motive.
— Louis Plack Hammett
'Physical Organic Chemistry in Retrospect', Journal of Chemical Education, 1966, 43, 464.
See also:  |  Organic Chemistry (16)


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