Re: CCL:Avogadro's number

[Chris Harwell <charwel at.at chrs1.chem.lsu.edu>]

 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 at.at chrs1.chem.lsu.edu