I have always liked IUPAC systematic nomenclature-a word, by the way, which I am old-fashioned enough to pronounce ['nəʊmənkleɪtʃə] rather than the popular [nə(ʊ)'meŋklətʃə]-, and I was pleased to discover recently they had extended the Greek-based numeral prefixes for organic compounds. Because authentic Greek prefixes for 300 on would resemble ( Read more... )