Chemistry As Impressionism
a: Chemistry ~
b: an impressionistic painting
What: "My favorite way to explain this to my students invokes a metaphor: chemistry is like an impressionistic painting. If we view it from too close, all we see is bewildering detail in myriad dabs of paint. If we look from too far away, all we see is a shimmering blur. At the right distance, wondrous and lovely things appear."
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Writer: Dudley Herschbach
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Date: Mar 11 2012 1:01 PM
# 1721 Critique Analogy