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Millennium Essay
Nature 408, 523 (30 November 2000) | doi:10.1038/35046170
What dreams may come?
Paolo Mazzarello1
Like a snake biting its tail, the circular chain of carbon atoms danced through the dreaming mind of August Kekulé. Awakened by the vision, he spent the rest of the night developing this strange idea.
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