tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post2306366668174902686..comments2024-03-25T09:11:17.877-07:00Comments on The Curious Wavefunction: Who are your favorite technical writers in chemistry?Wavefunctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-81505231896416157852011-08-25T13:03:39.494-07:002011-08-25T13:03:39.494-07:00I strongly enjoyed all the texts authored by Orchi...I strongly enjoyed all the texts authored by Orchin & Jaffe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-52918760901511203482011-08-06T19:06:14.059-07:002011-08-06T19:06:14.059-07:00Ah yes, the predictable fellatio of the alcoholic ...Ah yes, the predictable fellatio of the alcoholic Woodward.Jay Lownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-34032309753456437692011-08-06T16:37:03.551-07:002011-08-06T16:37:03.551-07:00Donna Blackmond's to-the-point accounts of her...Donna Blackmond's to-the-point accounts of her considerations of autocatalysis and chirality are clear and concise, but somewhat chatty as well. (Not too many well received papers include Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in their citations.) Her rather casual approach works well with the often necessary deep and complex lines of reasoning, and helps bring us successfully to the end of her papers. (For Alice’s splash in the recent technical literature see “If Pigs Could Fly” Chemistry: A Tutorial on the Principle of Microscopic Reversibility in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 2648 – 2654.)D Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-49191287548485290932011-08-06T08:15:33.682-07:002011-08-06T08:15:33.682-07:00I would recommend books like Philip Ball's &qu...I would recommend books like Philip Ball's "H2O: A Biography of Water" and "Designing the Molecular World", Sam Kean's "The Disappearing Spoon", Oliver Sacks's "Uncle Tungsten", "Napoleon's Buttons: 17 Molecules that Changed History", Roald Hoffmann's "The Same and Not the Same" and Paul Strathern's "Mendeleyev's Dream" among others.Wavefunctionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-11841269688478612092011-08-05T14:37:31.765-07:002011-08-05T14:37:31.765-07:00Hey!
I'm still not able to understand those t...Hey!<br /><br />I'm still not able to understand those technical articles, but I'd like to know some books easily understood by someone who is not yet a chemist but have some knowledge on that.<br /><br />I guess I'm not being specific, but what I mean is: there are several books on biology and physics designed for the general public, but I can name very few related to chemistry. Could you name some of the authors/books?Nunohttp://whoknewindeed.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com