And there will be a little bit of history in there, but this is mostly modern chemistry and represents the basic properties of matter, and it's basic properties of all matter, including living matter, which was what really interested me, that connection between chemistry and biology.

它们都有一些历史，但都是最现代的化学,代表了物质的最基本的性质，而且是所有物质的最基本性质，包括生物，这个让我很感兴趣，因为它连接着化学和生物学。

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