3 Quotes & Sayings By Svante Arrhenius

Svante Arrhenius was one of the world's leading scientists in the field of physical chemistry. He was born on February 27th 1859 in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 1878 he received his Ph.D Read more

degree for his work on thermodynamics. Arrhenius is most famous for his work on the subject of climate change and the greenhouse effect. He worked with professor Svante August Arrhenius (no relation) at Uppsala University to conduct research into the nature of the greenhouse effect, which they published in 1895 in an article entitled "On Some Recent Developments in Atmospheric Physics", published in "Nature".

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In a great number of the cosmogonic myths the world is said to have developed from a great water, which was the prime matter. In many cases, as for instance in an Indian myth, this prime matter is indicated as a solution, out of which the solid earth crystallized out. Svante Arrhenius
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Humanity stands ... before a great problem of finding new raw materials and new sources of energy that shall never become exhausted. In the meantime we must not waste what we have, but must leave as much as possible for coming generations. Svante Arrhenius