Full Idea
The reduction of one science to another has often been taken as paradigmatic of explanation.
Gist of Idea
Reducing one science to another is often said to be the perfect explanation
Source
David-Hillel Ruben (Explaining Explanation [1990], Ch 5)
Book Reference
Ruben,David-Hillel: 'Explaining Explanation' [Routledge 1990], p.175
A Reaction
It seems fairly obvious that the total reduction of chemistry to physics would involve the elimination of all the current concepts of chemistry. Could this possibly enhance our understanding of chemistry? I would have thought not.