Remarks on ?the theory of resonance or mesomerism?

Theoretical chemistry in Russia

“…Fanatics in every age have been guilty of such "veritable partisanship" without ever having been able to justify it. Syrkin and Dyatkina readily admit the "erroneous nature of those of our papers in which we made use of this [resonance] theory, or supported it" (21). In great detail they confess grave errors in their book "The Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules."…”

“…That this trend does not denote a complete change of attitude is indicated by the fact that late in 1952 Syrkin and Dyatkina (21) (the previous champions of resonance in Russia) finally admitted their "errors," denounced the resonance theory, and promised to mend their ways. It is significant that these very talented chemists state that "over forty years ago V. I. Lenin, in his work of genius 'Materialism and Empiriocriticism' liberated the natural sciences from mysticism and Machism.…”

“…. ," (21). They continue with: "Comrade Stalin's work 'Marxism and the Problems of Linguistics' teaches all those who are active in Soviet culture how to apply veritable partisanship to science, this partisanship being diametrically opposed to bourgeois objectivism.…”

“…They continue with: "Comrade Stalin's work 'Marxism and the Problems of Linguistics' teaches all those who are active in Soviet culture how to apply veritable partisanship to science, this partisanship being diametrically opposed to bourgeois objectivism. At the same time, veritable partisanship in no way rejects a really objective analysis of natural phenomena, inasmuch as really scientific, objective explanations of the laws governing the world of reality are always and in every ease found to confirm the correctness of dialectical materialism" (21). Fanatics in every age have been guilty of such "veritable partisanship" without ever having been able to justify it.…”