Chemistry and the forms aesthetics

The paper presents the complex problem of the relationship between the mole cules of the chemist and their models, on the one hand, and the so-called a esthetics of forms, on the other. In this sense, molecules with suggestive names, such as Fullerenes, Superfullerenes, Keplerates, giant spheres and g iant wheels are presented and discussed. The existence of connections betwe en the beautiful molecules with high degree of symmetry, corresponding to t he Platonic and Archimedean solids, and similar forms found in nature, in l iving systems, are established.