From owner-chemistry ":at:" ccl.net Thu Dec 13 09:45:01 2007 From: "Demetrios Xenides Demetrios.Xenides%%uop.gr" To: CCL Subject: CCL: origin of ab initio Message-Id: <-35838-071213081000-21891-IOI/R7i+6XsUv1C5c7RWSg ~~ server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Demetrios Xenides Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:08:53 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Demetrios Xenides [Demetrios.Xenides:_:uop.gr] If this comment (..."nano" is a greek prefix that means "a lot of money > from Washington") is a joke then do no read the following. In case there are people saying without being jocking, here is the correcting meaning of "nano" from International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek /nanos/= dwarf. On the other hand it might be true that with nano-* you might have more chances to get funding for your research, thus the reason for the (mis)use of the word. All the best, Demetrios Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek /nanos/ dwarf Giuseppina Gini gini!A!elet.polimi.it wrote: > good! > there are a lot of possible meanings for expressions in foreign > languages. For instance some people says that "nano" is a greek > prefix that means "a lot of money from Washington" > > regards > > > >> Actually, Lou Allinger of Molecular Mechanics fame claims that "ab >> initio" >> is a Latin term that means "very expensive." >> >> Cheers, >> >> John McKelvey >> >> >> On Dec 12, 2007 4:30 AM, Christoph Etzlstorfer christoph.etzlstorfer >> . jku.at > > wrote: >> >> There is a story about that in Michael J.S. Dewars biography "A >> semiempirical life", American Chemical Society, 1992, p. 129. >> >> >> Best regards >> >> >> Christoph >> >> >> >> Am 11.12.2007 um 03:13 schrieb Tommy Ohyun Kwon ohyun.kwon _ >> chemistry.gatech.edu : >> >> >>> >> Sent to CCL by: Tommy Ohyun Kwon [ohyun.kwon . >> chemistry.gatech.edu ] >> >> Dear CCLers; >> >> I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me who used the >> term of "ab initio >> >> calculations" first. >> >> Thank you very much for your kind attention. >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> >> Tommy >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Tommy Ohyun Kwon, Ph.D >> >> School of Chemistry and Biochemistry >> >> Georgia Institute of Technology >> >> Atlanta Georgia, 30332 >> >> Email: ohyun.kwon]*[chemistry.gatech.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> the strange characters on the top line to the ,+, sign. You >> can also >> >> >> E-mail to subscribers: CHEMISTRY,+,ccl.net >> or use:>> >> >> E-mail to administrators: CHEMISTRY-REQUEST,+,ccl.net >> or use >> >> Conferences: >> http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/ >> >> >> Search Messages: http://www.ccl.net/htdig (login: ccl, >> Password: search) > >> >> >> >> #################################################### >> >> www.etzlstorfer.com >> >> >> *********************************************************** >> >> Dr. Christoph Etzlstorfer Phone: *43-732-2468-8750 >> >> Universitaet Linz Fax: *43-732-2468-8747 >> >> A-4040 Linz E-mail: christoph.etzlstorfer,+,jku.at >> >> >> Austria http://www.orc.uni-linz.ac.at >> >> #################################################### >> > > > -- > > - - - - > *Giuseppina C. Gini > * DEI, Politecnico di Milano > piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 MILANO > *fax:* (+39) 02-2399.3411 > *phone:* (+39) 02-2399.3626 > *e-mail:*_ gini---elet.polimi.it_ > *page:* http://www.dei.polimi.it/people/gini >