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Single Idea 17468

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry]

Full Idea

There are well over 100,000,000 chemical compounds that have been discovered or synthesised, all of which have been formally characterised.

Gist of Idea

Over 100,000,000 compounds have been discovered or synthesised

Source

Weisberg/Needham/Hendry (Philosophy of Chemistry [2011], 4.3)

Book Reference

'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.25