Feb 5, 2017 | Books, Elements |
When one does my job(s), and one writes the kind of stuff that I write, the question of what my favorite element might be comes up a lot – quite a lot in fact. Actually I don’t think that the question is one that I would have ever give any thought to were...
May 25, 2015 | Books, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Elements, Société de Chimie Industrielle |
I am now two weeks in to my Fellowship at The Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, PA, and it has already been an amazing experience. Being exposed to an academic world that is not normally part of my day-to-day routine is itself an extraordinary privilege,...
Aug 4, 2014 | Elements, Miscellaneous, Symbols |
Today is the 180th birthday of John Venn, the Englishman who invented the Venn diagram. Today’s Google Doodle celebrates this fact. This led me to this little piece in The Guardian – a nice read! So, OK, all well and good, but what does that have to do...
Mar 11, 2012 | Books, How to Make A Universe With 92 Ingredients, The Periodic Table |
This question recently came up on the AP Chemistry listserv, and rather than answering it there (where I like to keep things strictly AP Chem if I can), I thought I would give the answer that I gave when I researched my book, “How To Make A Universe With 92...
