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Chemist David Clary on quantum tunnelling, the rates of chemical reactions and how Schrödinger's equation helps us in chemical industry.

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'A lot of people are interested in how do the organic molecules form. If you can explain that, you might be able to explain how molecules of life form where you’ve got carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, one or two other atoms, and how those sorts of molecules form.'

David Clary, Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford

Chemical Chain Reactions: serious-science.org/chemical-chain-reactions-9281
Schrödinger and His Equation: serious-science.org/schrodinger-and-his-equation-9592

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