内容简介：
Although chemists are increasingly able to provide some solutions in the construction of natural and biologically active products, synthesis is facing formidable challenges in the emerging areas of bio-organic chemistry, molecular biology, materials science and polymer science. This volume seeks to demonstrate that chemical synthesis is undeserving of the label "mature science". It presents the lectures and discussions of a group of interdisciplinary scientists, who talked about the current status of their areas (gnosis) and mused on their future directions (prognosis).