title: Complexity in chemistry.
abstract: "Complexity" is a subject that is beginning to be important in chemistry. Historically, chemistry has emphasized the approximation of complex nonlinear processes by simpler linear ones. Complexity is becoming a profitable approach to a wide range of problems, especially the understanding of life.
authors: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. gwhitesides@gmwgroup.harvard.edu
authors: G M
authors: GM
authors: Whitesides
authors: R F
authors: RF
authors: Ismagilov
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods; D002621:Chemistry / Q000379:methods; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D013816:Thermodynamics