Chemistry of life: Chemical evolution as a theme for teaching undergraduate chemistry

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 981, Issue , 2008, Pages 378-388

  Venkataraman, Bhawani ^a  

^a Eugene Lang College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

ACTIVE LEARNING METHODS; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR MODELING; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PERIODIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84905570329     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2008-0981.ch022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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