From: Sengen Sun (sengensun$##$yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Aug 03 2006 - 19:41:50 EDT
> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:33:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sengen Sun <sengensun$##$yahoo.com>
> Subject: what is chemistry all about?
> To: PHILCHEM$##$LISTSERV.SC.EDU
>
> Hauke,
>
> To me, you really have the biggest question at the
> foundation of chemistry that is not answered in your
> cited article. I had this question for many years
> and
> I could not find an answer anywhere else either.
> Should we consult some scientific giants? But
> clearly,
> Hoffmann "is not to work on" it based on your cited
> article.
>
> Nothing could provent me from being bold enough to
> try
> this question, as I have been long indulging in my
> personal fantasy of how electron density exists
> around
> nuclei, is shared by nuclei, and is exchanged
> between
> nuclei. This is my product with a hint from Richard
> Bader's philosophy of QM.
>
> I am not sure any one else dares to give a try for a
> concise defination of CHEMISTRY?
>
> Why do I use the word "dare" and "bold"? This
> reminds
> me a discussion in CCL last year, when I asked
> whether
> the following quote by prof. Hoffmann is true or
> false:
>
> "Photoelectron spectroscopy has provided me with
> experimental proof of the ways orbitals interact."
>
> A few computational chemists made very long
> statements
> in public and private e-mails to analyze this quote,
> but refused to say TRUE or FALSE to it. When I urged
> them to, one of them asked me to consult Prof
> Hoffmann. My conclusion from that discussion is that
> if you don't agree with such a giant, keep your
> mouth
> shut up. But if you are smart, you can analyse his
> quote any way you want to support him - a good thing
> to do! But never say TRUE or FALSE to it. It is ugly
> to say either of these two words! It is very strange
> to me with our younger generation.
>
> Back to Hauke's original subject, if we don't have a
> defination of CHEMISTRY, how do we know we have
> explained or understood it as claimed by a few
> theoretical giants for decades?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Sengen
>
>
>
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> > 1. What chemists want to know
> > > Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 20:28:47 +0200
> > From: Hauke Fürstenwerth <haukefrn$##$T-ONLINE.DE>
> > Subject: What chemists want to know
> >
> > Sso what is chemistry all about?
> >
> >
>
http://www.nature.com/materials/news/features/060803/journal/442500a.html
> >
> > cheers,
> > Hauke
> >
>
>
>
>
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