U- and E-Service, Science and Technology

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Service Science

Epilogue

2016 ◽  
pp. 133-136
Author(s):  
William H. Brock
Keyword(s):  
Combinatorial Chemistry ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structural Models ◽  
Service Science ◽  
Carbon Allotropes ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Transdisciplinary Science ◽  
The 1960S

The Epilogue concludes with a brief look at some of the exciting, and more positive, aspects of chemistry since the 1960s: the use of computers to study perfect three-dimensional structural models and design new molecules on the screen; combinatorial chemistry; retrosynthesis; the discoveries of the carbon allotropes fullerene and graphene; and nanotechnology. In an age of cross-disciplinary, transdisciplinary science and technology several historians, sociologists, and philosophers of science have queried whether the concept of distinct scientific disciplines like chemistry, physics, and biology serves a purpose any longer. Has chemistry become a service science, or has chemistry taken over these other disciplines?

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