Why synthesize?

被引:27
作者
Ball, Philip
机构
[1] Philip Ball is a freelance writer. His latest book is Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen.,
关键词
DISCOVERY; RING;
D O I
10.1038/528327a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Philip Ball ponders the many reasons that chemists make molecules, and weighs what is lost, and gained, when they don't.
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页码:327 / 329
页数:3
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