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n. - German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896).

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  • I have not picked up copy of the paper Kekule: OCR-optical chemical structure recognition cited by Tony, so cannot say much about that right now.
  • Of course the substantial disanalogy between it and the ID crowd is that Kekule was not just satisfied with having dreamt a solution; he proceded to test it.
  • Of course the substantial disanalogy between it and the ID crowd is that Kekule was not just satisfied with having dreamt a solution; he proceded to test it. frank schmidt
  • Kekule got the hypothesis of the ring structure at the heart of organic molecules in a dream-like reverie, but he realized that it was only a bright idea until it was...
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