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“Design” in Chemical Synthesis—An Illusion?

Author(s) -

Jansen Martin,

Schön J. Christian

Publication year - 2006

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/anie.200504510

Subject(s) - creativity , context (archaeology) , function (biology) , illusion , term (time) , process (computing) , computer science , epistemology , psychology , cognitive psychology , philosophy , history , social psychology , programming language , biology , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology

The power of words : According to its generally accepted definition, the process of “design” is the creation of a form that fulfills a given function as well as possible and is also considered aesthetically pleasing. This implies a type of creativity that does not exist in the synthesis of new chemical compounds. This essay discusses the implications of the term “design” in the context of chemistry.

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