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Where do heavy elements come from? [more inside]
posted by clockzero on Aug 16, 2005 - 13 answers

In America (and in Europe, too, I suppose), we use the Linnaean taxonomic system for living things and have certain specific terms (acetate, polymerase, cholinergic, etc.) that are used in chemistry, for example; how does such terminology work in other languages, especially those very dissimilar to English, such as Chinese?
posted by clockzero on Jul 29, 2005 - 6 answers