TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemistry - A central pillar of human culture
AU - Shaik, Sason
PY - 2003/7/28
Y1 - 2003/7/28
N2 - Chemistry is the intellectual adventure of Mankind in his excursion through his own material being. As this journey unfolds, so Mankind discovers the complex connection between matter and its emergent spiritual manifestations. Chemistry defines the limitation of the power over matter, and exemplifies this limitation by, for example, pollution and chemical warfare. Ruling over matter means also mastering the right ways of tinkering with it. These and other aspects of our science are discussed in this essay.
AB - Chemistry is the intellectual adventure of Mankind in his excursion through his own material being. As this journey unfolds, so Mankind discovers the complex connection between matter and its emergent spiritual manifestations. Chemistry defines the limitation of the power over matter, and exemplifies this limitation by, for example, pollution and chemical warfare. Ruling over matter means also mastering the right ways of tinkering with it. These and other aspects of our science are discussed in this essay.
KW - Chemistry didactic
KW - History of science
KW - Popularization of chemistry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0041766638&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/anie.200330038
DO - 10.1002/anie.200330038
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C2 - 12876729
AN - SCOPUS:0041766638
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 42
SP - 3208
EP - 3215
JO - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
IS - 28
ER -