"The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric".
Louis Pasteur (Pioneering stereochemist)
"... the sad truth is that we still learn most of our chemistry in Flatland, to the detriment of our science"
Sir John Cornforth (Nobel laureate, 1975)
"Many objects of our three-dimensional perceptual world are not only chiral but appear in nature in two versions, related at least ideally, as a chiral object and its mirror image".
Vladimir Prelog (Nobel laureate, 1975)
"Molecular chirality plays a key role in science and technology. In particular, life depends on molecular chirality in that many biological functions are inherently dissymmetric".
Ryoji Noyori (Nobel laureate, 2001)
"Making molecules is like creating something beautiful".
Benjamin List (Nobel laureate, 20021)
