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Full Idea
Pauling showed that the architecture - the shape of molecules was relevant (as well as the bonds). This meant that molecules were just as important as atoms in the understanding of matter. Molecules were not just the sum of their parts.
Gist of Idea
The shape of molecules is important, as well as the atoms and their bonds
Source
Peter Watson (Convergence [2016], 05 'Three')
Book Ref
Watson,Peter: 'Convergence' [Simon and Schuster 2016], p.152
A Reaction
If Aristotle struggled to understand matter, then so should modern philosophers. This involves thermodynamics and chemistry, as well as quantum theory.
20649 | The interference of light through two slits confirmed that it is waves [Watson] |
20650 | The Uncertainty Principle implies that cause and effect can't be measured [Watson] |
20651 | The shape of molecules is important, as well as the atoms and their bonds [Watson] |
20652 | In 1828 the animal substance urea was manufactured from inorganic ingredients [Watson] |
20654 | Only four particles are needed for matter: up and down quark, electron, electron-neutrino [Watson] |
20655 | Humans have been hunter-gatherers for 99.5% of their existence [Watson] |
20656 | Traditional ideas of the mind were weakened in the 1950s by mind-influencing drugs [Watson] |
20657 | There are 23 core brain functions, with known circuit, transmitters, genes and behaviour [Watson] |
20658 | Information is physical, and living can be seen as replicating and preserving information [Watson] |
20661 | Electrons rotate in hyrogen atoms 10^13 times per second [Watson] |
20647 | Quantum theory explains why nature is made up of units, such as elements [Watson] |