RE: ORGLIST: what is chemistry all about?

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From:  Sengen Sun <sengensun@yahoo.com>
To:  everybody@orglist.net
Subject:  ORGLIST: what is chemistry all about?
Date:  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:41:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > 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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> > > Topics of the day:
> > >
> > >   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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