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Periodic prose
It is, apparently, #WorldPoetryDay (on Twitter at least) and the question of writing a scientific paper in poetry form cropped up again (it does every now and then). And when it does, I usually end up digging through the dusty … Continue reading
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Tagged #worldpoetryday, chemistry, chemistry publishing, haiku, history of chemistry, hoffmann, iambic pentameter, limerick, literature, poetry, publishing, shakespeare, sonnet
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