Liaw Yock Fang's scientific contributions

Citations

... Upon landing in Serendib, Adam wept pitifully over the fate that had befallen him, so much so that all the beasts and birds quenched their thirst therewith, and when his tears sunk into the earth, and, as they still contained some of the juices of his food he had consumed in Paradise, produced the most fragrant flowers, spices and medicinal plants on the island of Serendib. (Baring-Gould, 1871: Chamberlain, 1896Liaw, et al. 2013). "Learn from your great-grandfather Adam, when he lost the marriage, the tears that streamed down his face filled Ceylon's valleys with fragrant spices and herbs" as Rūmī eloquently puts it in his poem "It Was Adam Who Wept" which vividly captures Adam's agony. ...