List: Fron time to time, I have noted that the chemical sciences of today are remote from the philosophy and logic of CSP.
A recent book "Theoretical Organic Chemistry" edited by C. Parkanyi, opens with chapter, "Theoretical Organic Chemistry" : Looking Back in Wonder. Jan J.C. Mulder. This is available on line (Google) https://books.google.com/books?id=aKmIdil6P3oC&pg=PA6&dq=Chemistry+and+Algebra,+Sylvestor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CE8Q6AEwCWoVChMIiozY_fKayQIVQhoeCh0TTwDT#v=onepage&q=Chemistry%20and%20Algebra%2C%20Sylvestor&f=false: Personally, I was struck by the virtual absence of any sense of the logic of chemistry in the chapter. It does note the work of CSP colleagues at John Hopkins, Sylvestor and Clifford, with respect to invariance. This chapter gives some clues how the view of physical chemists has changed in the three time frames indicated by the index. Note that the second Period begins toward the end of CSP's time and describes the discovery of the electrical relations between atoms and molecules, and the grounding of Quantum Mechanics. Cheers jerry
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