Author: Zvonimir B. Maksic

The renowned theoretical physicist Victor F. Weisskopf rightly pointed out that a real understanding of natural phenomena implies a clear distinction between the essential and the peripheral. Only wh …

The French chemist Marcelin Berthelot put forward a classical and by now an often cited sentence revealing the quintessence of the chemical science: "La Chimie cree son objet". This is cert …

"Imagination and shrewd guesswork are powerful instruments for acquiring scientific knowledge . . . " 1. H. van’t Hoff The last decades have witnessed a rapid growth of quantum chemistry an …