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Hegel, a great German philosopher whom I have been lucky enough to avoid reading, came up with the concept of dialectism. As I misunderstand it, Hegel sees a world with ideas in constant conflict: an original idea or state of existence (called the "thesis") automatically leads to the development of...
I DON'T CARE about Hegel. My thesis is about Marion Barry, and the closest I get to Hegel is the German restaurant where I interviewed a friend of Barry. But this concept of thesis, antithesis and synthesis seems a very powerful tool.
What is missing is the synthesis, or "sinthesis" as I prefer to call it. The formula is exactly Hegelian. You do your thesis. It drives you crazy, so you avoid it with anti-thesis. Together thesis and anti-thesis explode in a giant ball of fire that, if you're...
According to Evans, an exciting new area of study in chemical synthesis is the development of small molecules that simulate the catalytic activity of macromolecular enzymes.
Enzymes are proteins produced by organisms that catalyze biochemical reactions, playing a key role in their synthesis.