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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.With thanks to all contributors so far, here is my own answer to the question, with an explanation after it, for anyone interested in... -
pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@sbrothy @TensorCalculus Take a look at quantum chemistry, then - it's nothing but equations: from calculus and Lie algebra to group...
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OK I get the sort of idea you're going for. Since you seem to want varied views, I'll give you mine. My chemistry knowledge is... -
pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Sure - interesting way to put it. Yep - precisely! At the research frontier some of the rules are still developing. At some points -...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@Mayhem Yes - good point about becoming "indistinguishable from physicists..."
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Broadly, chemistry is the study of quantitative results through qualitative models. Spectroscopy, thermodynamics, and kinetics are...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@berkeman Thank you for your advice. As you may appreciate, I was aiming to avoid long rambling accounts that might be thorough...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@mjc123 Congratulations - You've clearly understood the sort of answer I have been hoping for, and well within the suggested word count...
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Maybe a bit of an over-simplification, but: Chemistry is about the manipulation of electrons. A chemical transformation involves...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@Borek As a mentor, how would you convey your enthusiasm for chemistry to an intelligent freshman physics or biology student, by trying...
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@pellis -- @DaveE only uses chemistry to fabricate frozen cylinders of fuel for chemical lasers. They have excited atomic states frozen...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Interesting history (my bad too, to a small degree), but I do hope some of you will pluck up the courage to answer on-topic. in the next...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@DaveE - Sorry to read that. Someone must have done something right for you to still be involved, and as a prominent contributor too -...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Thanks, @Mayhem – the meaning of fundamental does depend on one's frame of reference, as your example illustrates. But that's part of...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Thank you for your suggestions, TensorCalculus On reflection, I will leave the challenge in place for a week, to see if anyone has the...