Foundations of Chemistry

《化学基础》是一本国际期刊，是一个跨学科论坛，化学家、生物化学家、哲学家、历史学家、教育家和社会学家在其中讨论与化学“中心科学”有关的概念和基本问题。涵盖了化学在物理和生物学之间的自主作用以及将化学还原为量子力学的问题。该杂志发表了广泛主题的同行评议文章，包括化学模型、语言、隐喻和理论术语；化学进化和人工自我复制；化学专业的社会和伦理方面；化学中的建模和仪器；化学科学中的解释性质。理论化学、分子结构和混沌；古代化学、中世纪化学和炼金术；哲学和历史文章；等等。

Foundations of Chemistry is an international journal is an interdisciplinary forum in which chemists, biochemists, philosophers, historians, educators and sociologists discuss conceptual and fundamental issues which relate to the `central science' of chemistry. Coverage includes the autonomous role of chemistry between physics and biology and the question of the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics.The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles on a wide range of topics, including chemical models, language, metaphors, and theoretical terms; chemical evolution and artificial self-replication; the social and ethical aspects of chemistry's professionalism; modeling and instrumentation in chemistry; the nature of explanation in the chemical sciences; theoretical chemistry, molecular structure and chaos; ancient chemistry, medieval chemistry and alchemy; philosophical and historical articles; and more.