Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápoltwas a Hungarian American physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle. He was also active in the Hungarian Resistance during World War II and entered Hungarian politics after the war...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth16 September 1893
consists discovery everybody nobody seeing thinking
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought.
learning thinking discovery
Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.
cells maintenance energy
A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure.
knowledge cows sacred
Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.
occupation systematic research
Research is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation.
sick vitamins substance
[A vitamin is] a substance you get sick from if you don't eat it.
hydrogen principles stage
This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of biological oxidation.
knowledge successful editors
I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was not more successful, so in the end 'hexuronic acid' was agreed upon. To-day the substance is called 'ascorbic acid' and I will use this name.
knowledge simple research
If I go out into nature, into the unknown, to the fringes of knowledge, everything seems mixed up and contradictory, illogical, and incoherent. This is what research does; it smooths out contradictions and makes things simple, logical, and coherent.
thank-you teaching heart
"This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding."
cancer dark age
The American Cancer Society tried to ruin my research foundation.