Today I learned on Nostr: TIL in 1890, August Kekulé, who was a German scientist, announced that his discovery ...

TIL in 1890, August Kekulé, who was a German scientist, announced that his discovery of the ring structure of benzene came to him in a dream. Kekulé talked about dancing and whirling atoms. The atoms arranged themselves as a snake. He dreamed of the snake eating its own tail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Kekul%C3%A9
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