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From: Chris Harwell <charwel@chrs1.chem.lsu.edu>
To: Anatoli Korkin <r40757@email.mot.com>
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Subject: Re: CCL:Avogadro's number
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On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Anatoli Korkin wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> Last time I was visiting my dentist, he asked me how Avogadro
> could come with his number at that time. 
i think he only came up with the idea of a mole and relatvie proportions.

someone else actually came up with the number after boltzmann & maxwell
came up with the necessary stat. mech.


> number links computational chemists to the "real world", I
> would appreciate if someone takes his time to send me a short
> story. I am sure someone has it in his lectures notes. It
for an excellent story.  see asimov's chemistry. it has lots of short
bio's and stories.

charwel@chrs1.chem.lsu.edu