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Chemistry is often called the central science because it connects the other natural sciences, such as astronomy, physics, material science, biology, and geology.<ref >Michael Heylin “The 'Central Science' Seeks A New Contract With Society” Chemical & Engineering News, January 12, 1998.[1]<ref > Mary L. Good “Chemistry in the 21st century. A central science or a “back office” technical activity?” Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 73, No. 8, pp. 1229–1230, 2001.[2] Chemistry is built on an understanding of laws of physics that govern particles such as atoms, protons, electrons, themodynamics, etc. although it cannot be “fully "reduced" to quantum mechanics”.<ref > Eric Scerri “Philosophy of Chemistry” Chemistry International, Vol. 25 No. 3 [3]. It is important to the understanding biology because the machinery that is responsible for life is composed of molecules.<ref >Dennis R Livesay “At the crossroads of biomacromolecular research: highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of the field” Chemistry Central Journal 2007, 1:4 . Exactly where chemistry ends and these other disciplines begin is the subject of the philosophy of chemistry.