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Bad Language
Author(s) -
Dunitz Jack D.
Publication year - 2019
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.201812019
Subject(s) - vocabulary , linguistics , epistemology , psychology , philosophy , cognitive science
Bad language in stereochemistry—and elsewhere—can lead to sloppy thinking. In this Essay I review the history of stereochemical concepts and vocabulary in the hope that it may contribute a little to better thinking and communication.