The foodstuff, carbohydrate, is essentially a packet of hydrogen, a hydrogen supplier, a hydrogen donor, and the main event during its combustion is the splitting off of hydrogen.

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Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse.

Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse.

This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of...

This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of...

This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for...

This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for...

The source of this energy is the sun's radiation.

The source of this energy is the sun's radiation.

Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else...

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else...

Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of...

Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of...

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.

Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.

So I set out to study the oxidation system in the potato, which, if damaged,...

So I set out to study the oxidation system in the potato, which, if damaged,...

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned...

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned...

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different

Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

Whatever man does he must do first in his mind.

Whatever man does he must do first in his mind.

A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the...

A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the...

A vitamin is a substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it.

A vitamin is a substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it.

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else...

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else...

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else...

Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.