Understanding chemistry: from “heuristic (soft) explanations and reasoning by analogy” to “quantum chemistry”
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DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02535c
Abstract: “Soft theories,” i.e., “heuristic models based on reasoning by analogy” largely drove chemistry understanding for 150 years or more. But soft theories have their limitations and with the expansion of chemistry in the mid-20th century,… read more here.
Keywords: chemistry understanding; quantum chemistry; reasoning analogy; soft theories ... See more keywords