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Author(s) -
Hoffmann Roald
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010917)40:18<3337::aid-anie3337>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - antithesis , meaning (existential) , set (abstract data type) , computer science , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , programming language
The set of molecules assembled during a combinatorial experiment, is the antithesis of a library, says the author. Creating all combinations is a way of special significance for some, but is devoid of meaning for others—this debate has a venerable history. Playing with flowers and chocolates, his all too tardy gift to the talented concoctors of combinatorial pools, is a new, less pretentious, name.