Monte Carlo/simulation methods, once used chiefly by particle physicists, have spread into chemistry in recent decades; and it is now sometimes---but, of course, only sometimes---easier to elucidate a reaction using digital simulation than in the laboratory.
A Nobel for one of these simulations was in the womb of time; and, as Mike has noted, one has now been awarded John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
