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An appreciation of characteristic timescales can save quite a lot of effort, as Ian Wilson explains.

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Wilson, D.I. How long is this going to take?. Nat Chem Eng 1, 323 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-024-00052-2

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