The chemical universe is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. Bruce Gibb reminds us that it's somewhat messy too, and so we succeed by recognizing the limits of our knowledge.
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Gibb, B. Hedgehogs and foxes (and a bear). Nature Chem 9, 103–104 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2726
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