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# Chemistry is mostly about molecules. Hence it is one of the '''molecular sciences''' | # Chemistry is mostly about molecules. Hence it is one of the '''molecular sciences''' | ||
## As of today, there are [http://www.cas.org/ 58,045,845 molecules] known | ## As of today, there are [http://www.cas.org/ 58,045,845 molecules] known | ||
## For each of which between 10 - 50 properties (sometimes more) are recorded (or calculated). | ## For each of which between 10 - 50 [http://www.iupac.org/ well-defined] properties (sometimes more) are recorded (or calculated). | ||
# Molecules map beautifully onto Wiki(pedia) pages! | |||
# You will see from the above, that collecting information about these molecules has been done by small number of (commercial) organisations | |||
#*[http://www.cas.org/ CAS] | |||
#*[http://reaxys.com REAXYS] | |||
#*[http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/ CCDC] | |||
#* etc. | |||
# The process started around 1881 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Konrad_Beilstein Friedrich Konrad Beilstein]. | |||
#* His handbook was the Wikipedia of his day! | |||
#* And it introduced many modern concepts, such as the information triple (Molecule|Property|Citation) | |||
# Nowadays, this information is '''''Expensive''''' and not accessible to everyone. | |||
# So, when Wikipedia started, people interested in molecules immediately started a Project. | |||
Revision as of 11:02, 8 April 2011
WikiPedia and the Molecular Sciences
A talk given by Henry Rzepa, sharing his thoughts about Wikipedia and its use.
- Chemistry is mostly about molecules. Hence it is one of the molecular sciences
- As of today, there are 58,045,845 molecules known
- For each of which between 10 - 50 well-defined properties (sometimes more) are recorded (or calculated).
- Molecules map beautifully onto Wiki(pedia) pages!
- You will see from the above, that collecting information about these molecules has been done by small number of (commercial) organisations
- The process started around 1881 by Friedrich Konrad Beilstein.
- His handbook was the Wikipedia of his day!
- And it introduced many modern concepts, such as the information triple (Molecule|Property|Citation)
- Nowadays, this information is Expensive and not accessible to everyone.
- So, when Wikipedia started, people interested in molecules immediately started a Project.