Connect this mythical symbol to the world of science.
This depiction of a snake biting its own tail and thus completing a circle, known as Ouroboros is what Kekule saw in his dreams and this is what inspired him to come up with the delocalised structure of Benzene. Cracked by one and all.
5 comments:
- At March 31, 2008 at 7:08 PM Unknown said...
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benzene!
- At March 31, 2008 at 7:59 PM nishansolo said...
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Discovery of Benzene by Kekule.
- At March 31, 2008 at 8:23 PM Siddharth Ravichandran said...
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benzene...this is what appeared in Kekule's dream i suppose that started it all..
- At April 1, 2008 at 11:36 AM vijay said...
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kekule and benzene :D
- At April 1, 2008 at 12:50 PM vijay said...
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and he saw only a snake..legs r extra in ur pic :D
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