“A detective with his murder mystery, a chemist seeking the structure of a new compound, use little of the formal and logical modes of reasoning. Through a series of intuitions, surmises, fancies, they stumble upon the right explanation, and have a knack of seizing it when it once comes within reach.”
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Gilbert N. Lewis
Gilbert N. Lewis was a renowned chemist known for his contributions to chemical bond theory. He proposed the Lewis acid-base theory and had a profound impact on chemical education. more
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