Author: Habeeb Tijani Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781493671762 Category : Languages : en Pages : 128
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ABOUT THE BOOK This book, "the Language of Chemistry," is self-introducing as Chemistry comes more often in symbols and structures. Chemical symbols and structures are the language of Chemistry. This is akin to what scientists' say of Mathematics; that it is the language of science in symbolic forms. In this book, the author present Chemistry in a simple way, as a web of ideas and tries to remove some hidden barriers in order to reach proper understanding of some important concepts in the Subject; such concept like oxidation number, mole concept, IUPAC nomenclature, writing and balancing of chemical equations and many more. It can therefore be seen as a book of ideas; the strong and stimulating ideas which underlie Chemistry in this era when there is dwindling interest among students to study science, particularly Chemistry. All ideas in Chemistry are more practical than theoretical. Even when a chemical idea is presented in a theoretical way, the end result is in the laboratory where ideas are converted to reality. In the same way, the language of Chemistry in this book is the language of the laboratory. The dwindling fortune in the sciences in developing Countries is because less emphasis is laid on practical aspects when compared to the theoretical aspects. The usefulness of a book, which contains scientific ideas, can only be judged by results. In this book is a list of some hundreds of balanced chemical equations as well as chemical formulas with their IUPAC nomenclatures. It also contain names of chemical elements with their properties, date of discovery, name of discoverer and some interesting facts about them. This book would be most useful to the following categories of people: 1. The science teachers who wish to keep abreast with developments in the field. 2. The science students at Secondary Schools and higher institutions. 3. Researchers in Chemistry and related fields. 4. Those who believe in being practical. I recommend this book for both beginners and those who have had some experience in Chemistry. To the beginner, the book can delight the mind. To the experienced, it can fire the mind. The ideas in this book are, therefore, not just for people wanting to pass one examination or the other, but for those who want to use Chemistry as a career and a hobby. I do see people write "reading" as a hobby but what they read is often left back-stage. This book offers the opportunity to include the "Language of Chemistry" in that list. The book is timely. It has come at a point when there is emphasis on the teaching and learning of science at all levels to catalyze development. I recommend the book to all those who do not mind the "English of Chemistry" but the language of it.
Author: Maurice P. Crosland Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486438023 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 448
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Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate-level courses, this volume covers language of alchemy, early chemical terminology, systematic nomenclature, chemical symbolism, and language of organic chemistry. "Authoritative." ? Isis. 1962 edition.
Author: Javier García-Martínez Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 3527336052 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 794
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Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2017 Award This comprehensive collection of top-level contributions provides a thorough review of the vibrant field of chemistry education. Highly-experienced chemistry professors and education experts cover the latest developments in chemistry learning and teaching, as well as the pivotal role of chemistry for shaping a more sustainable future. Adopting a practice-oriented approach, the current challenges and opportunities posed by chemistry education are critically discussed, highlighting the pitfalls that can occur in teaching chemistry and how to circumvent them. The main topics discussed include best practices, project-based education, blended learning and the role of technology, including e-learning, and science visualization. Hands-on recommendations on how to optimally implement innovative strategies of teaching chemistry at university and high-school levels make this book an essential resource for anybody interested in either teaching or learning chemistry more effectively, from experience chemistry professors to secondary school teachers, from educators with no formal training in didactics to frustrated chemistry students.
Author: S. Hyde Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0080542549 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 397
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This book develops the thesis that structure and function in a variety of condensed systems - from the atomic assemblies in inorganic frameworks and organic molecules, through molecular self-assemblies to proteins - can be unified when curvature and surface geometry are taken together with molecular shape and forces. An astonishing variety of synthetic and biological assemblies can be accurately modelled and understood in terms of hyperbolic surfaces, whose richness and beauty are only now being revealed by applied mathematicians, physicists, chemists and crystallographers. These surfaces, often close to periodic minimal surfaces, weave and twist through space, carving out interconnected labyrinths whose range of topologies and symmetries challenge the imaginative powers.The book offers an overview of these structures and structural transformations, convincingly demonstrating their ubiquity in covalent frameworks from zeolites used for cracking oil and pollution control to enzymes and structural proteins, thermotropic and lyotropic bicontinuous mesophases formed by surfactants, detergents and lipids, synthetic block copolymer and protein networks, as well as biological cell assemblies, from muscles to membranes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The relation between structure and function is analysed in terms of the previously neglected hidden variables of curvature and topology. Thus, the catalytic activity of zeolites and enzymes, the superior material properties of interpenetrating networks in microstructured polymer composites, the transport requirements in cells, the transmission of nerve signals and the folding of DNA can be more easily understood in the light of this.The text is liberally sprinkled with figures and colour plates, making it accessible to both the beginning graduate student and researchers in condensed matter physics and chemistry, mineralogists, crystallographers and biologists.
Author: Philip Ball Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 0262044412 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 391
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Images and text capture the astonishing beauty of the chemical processes that create snowflakes, bubbles, flames, and other wonders of nature. Chemistry is not just about microscopic atoms doing inscrutable things; it is the process that makes flowers and galaxies. We rely on it for bread-baking, vegetable-growing, and producing the materials of daily life. In stunning images and illuminating text, this book captures chemistry as it unfolds. Using such techniques as microphotography, time-lapse photography, and infrared thermal imaging, The Beauty of Chemistry shows us how chemistry underpins the formation of snowflakes, the science of champagne, the colors of flowers, and other wonders of nature and technology. We see the marvelous configurations of chemical gardens; the amazing transformations of evaporation, distillation, and precipitation; heat made visible; and more.
Author: John Hudson Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1468464418 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 395
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This book is written as a result of a personal conviction of the value of incorporating historical material into the teaching of chemistry, both at school and undergraduate level. Indeed, it is highly desirable that an undergraduate course in chemistry incorporates a separate module on the history of chemistry. This book is therefore aimed at teachers and students of chemistry, and it will also appeal to practising chemists. While the last 25 years has seen the appearance of a large number of specialist scholarly publications on the history of chemistry, there has been little written in the way of an introductory overview of the subject. This book fills that gap. It incorporates some of the results of recent research, and the text is illustrated throughout. Clearly, a book of this length has to be highly selective in its coverage, but it describes the themes and personalities which in the author's opinion have been of greatest importance in the development of the subject. The famous American historian of science, Henry Guerlac, wrote: 'It is the central business of the historian of science to reconstruct the story of the acquisition of this knowledge and the refinement of its method or methods, and-perhaps above all-to study science as a human activity and learn how it arose, how it developed and expanded, and how it has influenced or been influenced by man's material, intellectual, and even spiritual aspirations' (Guerlac, 1977). This book attempts to describe the development of chemistry in these terms.
Author: Shailesh K. Jain Publisher: ISBN: 9789387486362 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 0
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Covers the symbols of various elements, formulae of elements and compounds and their names; describes elements in terms of symbols and compounds in terms of formulae; chemical equations from world equations and vice-versa; and more.
Author: Donald R. Franceschetti Publisher: Salem Press ISBN: 9781619255012 Category : Chemistry Languages : en Pages : 0
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Provides students and researchers with an easy-to-understand introduction to the fundamentals of chemistry, from elements and molecules to chemical reactions and properties of matter.
Author: David R. Klein Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9780470129296 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 0
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Get a Better Grade in Organic Chemistry Organic Chemistry may be challenging, but that doesn't mean you can't get the grade you want. With David Klein's Organic Chemistry as a Second Language: Translating the Basic Concepts, you'll be able to better understand fundamental principles, solve problems, and focus on what you need to know to succeed. Here's how you can get a better grade in Organic Chemistry: Understand the Big Picture. Organic Chemistry as a Second Language points out the major principles in Organic Chemistry and explains why they are relevant to the rest of the course. By putting these principles together, you'll have a coherent framework that will help you better understand your textbook. Study More Efficiently and Effectively Organic Chemistry as a Second Language provides time-saving study tips and a clear roadmap for your studies that will help you to focus your efforts. Improve Your Problem-Solving Skills Organic Chemistry as a Second Language will help you develop the skills you need to solve a variety of problem types-even unfamiliar ones! Need Help in Your Second Semester? Get Klein's Organic Chemistry II as a Second Language! 978-0-471-73808-5
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