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Science 2 April 1999:
Vol. 284. no. 5411, pp. 89 - 92
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5411.89
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Complexity in Chemistry

George M. Whitesides, * Rustem F. Ismagilov

"Complexity" is a subject that is beginning to be important in chemistry. Historically, chemistry has emphasized the approximation of complex nonlinear processes by simpler linear ones. Complexity is becoming a profitable approach to a wide range of problems, especially the understanding of life.

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gwhitesides{at}gmwgroup.harvard.edu

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