[Newbies] virtual chemistry

[Ron Teitelbaum]

Hi Chuck,

Boy did you come to the right place.

The short answer to your questions is yes.  The long answer is how difficult
it will be depends on what exactly you want to do.

It is possible to add in a lot of information about molecules and atoms.
You could put all the rules that are known about chemistry and physics and
create a world that actually predicts chemical reactions.  There is a lot of
work in proteomics that model how proteins fold, based on what we know.

Smalltalk can handle your project at many different levels it all depends on
how much modeling you want to do.

If on the other hand you are looking for the ability to mix chemicals and
have them change color and foam up depending on some simple characteristics
or combinations that you already know, that is very possible too.

The project sounds fun.

Can you share what you would like your chemistry set to do?

Welcome to the list Chuck,

Ron Teitelbaum

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From: Chuck Smith
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:18 AM


I would like to create a virtual chemistry set.  Is this possible in squeak?