Frank Henry Westheimer foi um químico estadunidense
Catedrático da cadeira Morris Loeb, foi professor emérito de química da Universidade Harvard.
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“to Frank Westheimer on presenting an idea: (Harvard Gazette)”
“It may not work, but if it does, it will be a footnote to a footnote in the history of chemistry.”
Presumably in 1979 interview, section “Graduate Study at Harvard”, pp. 16–31, topic “Important conversation with James Conant.”
“A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.”
Crampon, Jean E. 1988. Murphy, Parkinson, and Peter: Laws for librarians. Library Journal 113. no. 17 (October 15), p. 41.
Various forms, often credited as Westheimer’s Discovery – other forms include:
A month in the laboratory can often save an hour in the library.
UCLA Library http://wwwstage.library.ucla.edu/libraries/sel/12451.cfm
Why spend a day in the library when you can learn the same thing by working in the laboratory for a month?
Frank H. Westheimer, major figure in 20th century chemistry, dies at 95 http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/04/frank-h-westheimer-major-figure-in-20th-century-chemistry-dies-at-95/, Harvard Gazette, April 19, 2007
Some version perhaps found in 1979 interview, Frank H. Westheimer http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/collections/oral-histories/details/westheimer-frank-h.aspx, Oral Histories, Chemical Heritage Foundation, in chapter “Research Projects and Philosophy”, p. 63, topic “Reading the literature.”