Subject: CCL: Computational Chemist vs Theoretical Chemist

From: STK <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 16:43:04 -0500 (EST)

Hello,

I would like to know what the distinction is between a computational
chemist and a theoretical chemist or are they the same? Many theoretical
chemists who do vigorous computational calculations are adament that they
are "theoretical chemists" and not "computional chemists".  Whereas
people in fields like QSAR, bioinformatics, and 3D modeling clearly call
themselves computational chemists and not theoretical.  Does computional
chemistry encompass theoretical chemistry?  Has there been any
authoritative definition on this?  Please enlighten us.

Thanks,

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