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Back-of-the-envelope calculations are an important part of chemistry argues Michelle Francl.

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  1. Michelle Francl is Professor of Chemistry on the Clowes Fund for Science and Public Policy and is in the Department of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-2899, USA,

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Francl, M. Take a number. Nature Chem 5, 725–726 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1733

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