asimovon chemistry
The Book Asimov on Chemistry by Isaac Asimov is a collection ofThat seventeen essays he wrote for The Magazine of Fantasy and ScienceFiction. This book is one of at That Were published by Doubleday & Company ,Inc. . Not all of the books centered on chemistry and like science . Most justcovered anything Isaac Asimov wondered about . These Essays date back quiteaways with a range from January 1959 to April 1966.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRYThe Weighting Game
I found this to be the most boring in the whole book . it coverschemical and physical atomic weight atomic weight . It gives usefull chemicalThat methods determining the atomic weight .Slow burn
This is a description of how Isaac Newton contributed to the field ofchemistry alongwith what civilizations thought of chemistry. Then he talksabout a pathologically shy , absentminded , stuffy , women- hating chemist . Thisman did make some discoveries about inflammable gas and water Proved to be anoxide.The Element of Perfection
Asimov talks about astronomers in the mid 1800's , and how they madethe spectroscope . Only then does he start to mention a component of a frenchchemist belived to be new or maybe just a heavier or from nitrogen . inertgases and there liquefaction points are then listed along whenthey when fisrtliquefied by a chemist .Welcome, Stranger !
This talks about the rarest or stable enert gases , xenon . It tells usefullwhy so many expirements tat in 1962 were done Involving this gas. fisrt itdefines the word gas , and talks about different types in about four pages .Thens he talks about how it is combined with fluorine to form a poison .Death in the Labratory
Here Asimov talks about how scientists have died due to poor labconditions and other matters . He tells you a few usefull way to poison youselfin a lab zoals mixing xenon and fluorine . He then goes off and Explains howfluorine was used and discovered alongwith who died in this process . A fewother poisonous chemical compounds are usefull Mentioned .To Tell a Chemist
This is Isaac Asimov's way of telling if someone is chemist or not . Thetwo questions are : ( 1 ) How do you pronounce unionized ? and ( 2 ) what is amole ? He feels That if you can say un - EYE - on- ized and talk for hours aboutmolecular weight to define mole , then you must be a chemist .NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
The Evens Have It
Concluded here is how isotopes are impractical and how to identifythem . He then descibes how an isotope is constructed . usefull he says anelement with an atomic number is equally without stable or semi -stable elements ,execpt nine elements . Thus the Earth is of the odd / even form havingisotopes wtih an even number of neutrons .ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
You, Too, Can Speak Gaelic
Here you are given basic instrucions on how to pronouce seventeensylable words . His example is para - dimethylaminobenzaldehyde ( PA - ruh - dy - METH -il -a - MEE - noh - I - WILL - duh -hide ) . He then tells the origin and evolution of thedifferent words for methyl and ethyl alcohol alongwith there atomicstructure.BIOCHEMISTRY
Haste The makers
Asimov talks about the origins and catalysts . He tells how a catalystworks and what causes it to . Also , he Proves That A catalyst is in no waymagical after having a lecture about this from his editor . In the end catalystare made of enzymes That cause life .Life 's Bottleneck
This deals with how man is dumping phosphorus into the ocean due toplumbing . this is mixing up the ocean and the sea floor causing phosphorus tostay at the bottom of ocean instead of circulating . Also , sewage dumping is amajor pollutant for the ocean .The Egg and Wee
Asimov talks about and contemplates how all life can be placed in a eggWhich is so small . He ends by talking about the volume and number of atomscertain viruses containerization alongwith who died studying them .That's Life
Explanations of life are given here . Asimov talks about people theoriesand definitions of life fits over years . People tried to say what was living andwhat was dead by definitions That Were there own counterexample . A lenghtydefinition was presented at the end with no loopholes That were detectable .Not as We Know It
Covered here are different posibile backgrounds for sustaining life .Water is the background we live off . The closest he Compared ammonia is dueto similarities in water they share . Asimov, a detailed science fiction author ,usefull metions Such alterantives as vaporous , metal , energy , and mental beings.These would live in space , energy , stars , hyperspace .geochemistryRecipe for a Planet
This was written when the united states and the former Soviet Unionwere attempting to drill into the center of the Earth . This project , Mohole, has long since abandoned leg . Ideas are presented about possible center orthe Earth zoals iron or olivine (a magnesium iron silicate ) . The percentagesby wieght are given for the different substance that'll make up the Earth inthesis people's theories . At the end is a recipe to construct a planet shaftsomewhat of a joke .No More Ice Ages ?
This deals with the factthat by having buring coal and oil power plants ,We are giving off too much carbon dioxide . That May cause another ice age or aWorld Wide tropic . Usefull it deals with how nuclear waste from power plants isor being dispoed .GENERALThe Noblemen of Science
Isaac Asimov Decided to write this essay after he was called by aReporting wanting to know who had just three Frenchmen were That won thenobel prize . Since he did not know he Decided to make a list of all who pepoplehad won the Nobel Preize in the fields of physics , chemistry , and medicine . heyusefull oversupplied the country in All which each scientist recieved his or herundergradute training.The Isaac Winners
There are People that Isaac Asimov feel are the best in the field orscience , so he made The Isaac Winners. This award is named after Isaac Newton( besides who else could it be) . Asimov has made a list of seventy - two peoplehe feels are the contedors . Then , after listing and giving a brief descriptionof the canidates , he gives you a list of how many people think in whatlanguage . Most thought in English , while the least thought in Russian . thenhe list his top ten in alphabetical order giving there religion and nationality ..
The Book Asimov on Chemistry by Isaac Asimov is a collection ofThat seventeen essays he wrote for The Magazine of Fantasy and ScienceFiction. This book is one of at That Were published by Doubleday & Company ,Inc. . Not all of the books centered on chemistry and like science . Most justcovered anything Isaac Asimov wondered about . These Essays date back quiteaways with a range from January 1959 to April 1966.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRYThe Weighting Game
I found this to be the most boring in the whole book . it coverschemical and physical atomic weight atomic weight . It gives usefull chemicalThat methods determining the atomic weight .Slow burn
This is a description of how Isaac Newton contributed to the field ofchemistry alongwith what civilizations thought of chemistry. Then he talksabout a pathologically shy , absentminded , stuffy , women- hating chemist . Thisman did make some discoveries about inflammable gas and water Proved to be anoxide.The Element of Perfection
Asimov talks about astronomers in the mid 1800's , and how they madethe spectroscope . Only then does he start to mention a component of a frenchchemist belived to be new or maybe just a heavier or from nitrogen . inertgases and there liquefaction points are then listed along whenthey when fisrtliquefied by a chemist .Welcome, Stranger !
This talks about the rarest or stable enert gases , xenon . It tells usefullwhy so many expirements tat in 1962 were done Involving this gas. fisrt itdefines the word gas , and talks about different types in about four pages .Thens he talks about how it is combined with fluorine to form a poison .Death in the Labratory
Here Asimov talks about how scientists have died due to poor labconditions and other matters . He tells you a few usefull way to poison youselfin a lab zoals mixing xenon and fluorine . He then goes off and Explains howfluorine was used and discovered alongwith who died in this process . A fewother poisonous chemical compounds are usefull Mentioned .To Tell a Chemist
This is Isaac Asimov's way of telling if someone is chemist or not . Thetwo questions are : ( 1 ) How do you pronounce unionized ? and ( 2 ) what is amole ? He feels That if you can say un - EYE - on- ized and talk for hours aboutmolecular weight to define mole , then you must be a chemist .NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
The Evens Have It
Concluded here is how isotopes are impractical and how to identifythem . He then descibes how an isotope is constructed . usefull he says anelement with an atomic number is equally without stable or semi -stable elements ,execpt nine elements . Thus the Earth is of the odd / even form havingisotopes wtih an even number of neutrons .ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
You, Too, Can Speak Gaelic
Here you are given basic instrucions on how to pronouce seventeensylable words . His example is para - dimethylaminobenzaldehyde ( PA - ruh - dy - METH -il -a - MEE - noh - I - WILL - duh -hide ) . He then tells the origin and evolution of thedifferent words for methyl and ethyl alcohol alongwith there atomicstructure.BIOCHEMISTRY
Haste The makers
Asimov talks about the origins and catalysts . He tells how a catalystworks and what causes it to . Also , he Proves That A catalyst is in no waymagical after having a lecture about this from his editor . In the end catalystare made of enzymes That cause life .Life 's Bottleneck
This deals with how man is dumping phosphorus into the ocean due toplumbing . this is mixing up the ocean and the sea floor causing phosphorus tostay at the bottom of ocean instead of circulating . Also , sewage dumping is amajor pollutant for the ocean .The Egg and Wee
Asimov talks about and contemplates how all life can be placed in a eggWhich is so small . He ends by talking about the volume and number of atomscertain viruses containerization alongwith who died studying them .That's Life
Explanations of life are given here . Asimov talks about people theoriesand definitions of life fits over years . People tried to say what was living andwhat was dead by definitions That Were there own counterexample . A lenghtydefinition was presented at the end with no loopholes That were detectable .Not as We Know It
Covered here are different posibile backgrounds for sustaining life .Water is the background we live off . The closest he Compared ammonia is dueto similarities in water they share . Asimov, a detailed science fiction author ,usefull metions Such alterantives as vaporous , metal , energy , and mental beings.These would live in space , energy , stars , hyperspace .geochemistryRecipe for a Planet
This was written when the united states and the former Soviet Unionwere attempting to drill into the center of the Earth . This project , Mohole, has long since abandoned leg . Ideas are presented about possible center orthe Earth zoals iron or olivine (a magnesium iron silicate ) . The percentagesby wieght are given for the different substance that'll make up the Earth inthesis people's theories . At the end is a recipe to construct a planet shaftsomewhat of a joke .No More Ice Ages ?
This deals with the factthat by having buring coal and oil power plants ,We are giving off too much carbon dioxide . That May cause another ice age or aWorld Wide tropic . Usefull it deals with how nuclear waste from power plants isor being dispoed .GENERALThe Noblemen of Science
Isaac Asimov Decided to write this essay after he was called by aReporting wanting to know who had just three Frenchmen were That won thenobel prize . Since he did not know he Decided to make a list of all who pepoplehad won the Nobel Preize in the fields of physics , chemistry , and medicine . heyusefull oversupplied the country in All which each scientist recieved his or herundergradute training.The Isaac Winners
There are People that Isaac Asimov feel are the best in the field orscience , so he made The Isaac Winners. This award is named after Isaac Newton( besides who else could it be) . Asimov has made a list of seventy - two peoplehe feels are the contedors . Then , after listing and giving a brief descriptionof the canidates , he gives you a list of how many people think in whatlanguage . Most thought in English , while the least thought in Russian . thenhe list his top ten in alphabetical order giving there religion and nationality ..
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