Daniel S. Kemp

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Daniel S. Kemp is an American chemist. He is a professor of chemistry at MIT and is best known for being the author of a widely-used organic chemistry textbook.

1 Background
2 Awards and honors
3 Quotes
4 Books
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Background

Kemp received his B.A. in chemistry from Reed College in 1958 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1964.

[edit] Awards and honors

1993 — Everett Moore Baker Memorial Award
1997 — Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of the American Chemical Society
2000 — Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry of the American Chemical Society

[edit] Quotes

"[Favorable equilibrium combined with high energy barrier] is generally the case with high explosives. Explosives without this barrier are not likely to store well. A company which makes these is likely to go out of business unexpectedly."

"For those of you who chose chemistry because of an excess of testosterone... Well, that's why I got in: the thought that I could make gunpowder. And some of us did survive. And some of us ended up teaching on university faculties. I won't even tell you what happened to those of us who didn't."

"It's early in the term - you should be able to observe this before the mental rot sets in."

"The word alcohol comes from 'cohol' - it's related to a pigment you use around the eyelids to get a sense of enhanced attraction or beauty... or late nights or something."

"You take a monkey (who is third in the social order)... inject him with testosterone... give him a ton... enough to grow antlers and a beard...you'll find that he's still subservient to monkeys one and two, but he has become a total bastard to four and five."