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The changing culture of chemistry

We all appreciate how chemical knowledge has advanced over the years, but Bruce C. Gibb reminds us that chemical culture has similarly made great advances.

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Gibb, B. The changing culture of chemistry. Nature Chem 9, 1035–1036 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2881

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