Why chemistry won’t be solved

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Kit Chapman explains why chemistry is still a vibrant and relevant subject for study

It’s easy to think chemistry has lacked a breakthrough since the 1950s that hasn’t been claimed by biology or physics. But don’t be fooled into thinking that means we know all the answers: we are still struggling to know what’s truly going on.

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