Chemistry
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"Elective Affinities was condemned by contemporaries for its "immoral" thesis that love and human bonding has chemical origins. The novel is based on the metaphor of human passions being governed or regulated by the laws of chemical affinity, and examines whether or not the science and laws of chemistry undermine or uphold the institution of marriage, as well as other human social relations." --Sholem Stein |
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The branch of science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules. Metaphorically, also used for the mutual attraction between two people; rapport, affinity.
See also
- Skatole
- Alchemy
- Better Living Through Chemistry
- Multiple chemical sensitivity
- Elective Affinities an 1809 novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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