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The development of human culture accompanies the progressive
understanding of nature. In the last few centuries, the progress
was tremendous, especially upon realization that nature is based
on complex interplay between interactions on microscopic and
macroscopic scale. Regarding the properties of matter, microscopic
interactions, in particular between the atoms, are of eminent
importance and they basically determine all characteristics. Even
fully macroscopic properties such as melting point, viscosity, and
parameters. ...