Chemistry has diversified from a basic understanding of the elements to studying millions of highly diverse molecules and materials, which together are conceptualized as the chemical space. A map of this chemical space where distances represent similarities between compounds can represent the mutual relationships between different subfields of chemistry and help the discipline to be viewed and understood globally.

中文翻译：

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化学空间是化学的统一主题


化学已经多样化，从对元素的基本理解到研究数百万种高度多样化的分子和材料，它们共同被概念化为化学空间。这个化学空间的地图，其中距离代表化合物之间的相似性，可以代表化学不同子领域之间的相互关系，并有助于在全球范围内看待和理解该学科。