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Chemistry: A Way to the Roots of Biology
Author(s) -
von Kiedrowski Günter
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/1439-7633(20010803)2:7/8<597::aid-cbic597>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - chemistry , astrobiology , biology
Chemistry is having a midlife crisis. In a curious world, the human mind demands more from chemistry as a science. Chemistry and biology should collaborate to try and answer the “big” questions about the origins of life on Earth and elsewhere in the universe. These and other topics are discussed in a response to an earlier editorial about the future of chemistry.