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Chemistry World July 31, 2014 Benjamin Horrocks |
Physical chemistry: a very short introduction It's a challenge to write a short, popular account of physical chemistry that is comprehensible and engaging. Peter Atkins is well placed to attempt the task. |
Chemistry World November 28, 2013 |
What is chemistry? This book is designed to tell the average person all about chemistry, and in a way they can understand. |
Chemistry World July 10, 2013 Iain Smellie |
Organic chemistry principles in context: a story telling historical approach Organic Chemistry Principles in Context by Mark Green joins a large selection of excellent textbooks currently available to organic chemistry students. |
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Paul Duckmanton |
Chemical structure and reactivity: an integrated approach (2nd ed) Chemical structure and reactivity by Keeler and Wothers aims to topics usually covered in an undergraduate chemistry course in a more holistic way than the traditional organic, inorganic, physical boxes many are familiar with. |
Chemistry World July 17, 2014 Karl Collins |
Organic chemistry: a mechanistic approach Aimed at undergraduate chemistry students, this relatively succinct text begins with the fundamentals of molecular structure and introduces the concept of molecular orbitals early. |
Chemistry World June 20, 2012 Hamish Kidd |
Not to be sniffed at Not to be Sniffed at: Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors by Ohloff and others begins with an introduction to the history of odors and the molecular basis of olfaction, including structure -- odor relationships. |
Chemistry World June 23, 2015 John Nicholson |
The matter factory: a history of the chemistry laboratory There has been no comprehensive history of the chemistry laboratory, an omission put right in The matter factory by the distinguished historian, Peter Morris. |
Chemistry World November 12, 2014 Iain A Smellie |
Organic chemistry: structure, mechanism and synthesis This book contains all the key concepts one would expect in a good core organic chemistry textbook. The content also extends towards biochemistry and molecular biology. |
Chemistry World October 30, 2013 Paul Duckmanton |
Inorganic chemistry Originally written to support a single semester course at two universities in Illinois, US, Inorganic Chemistry, James House, provides a comprehensive overview of the subject. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2012 Mathew Heal |
Environmental chemistry With this new edition of Elements of Environmental Chemistry, by Ronald Hites and Jonathan Raff, comes an additional author and a slight expansion in coverage. Two new chapters -- PCBs, dioxins and flame retardants and Climate change supplement the previous ones. |
Chemistry World February 2012 |
Column: In the pipeline Every lab should have a common working language (presumably that of the country where it's located), and it should be the responsibility of every person in it to be able to at least get along with its basic vocabulary. |
Chemistry World April 17, 2014 Robert Jackson |
UCL chemistry department: 1828--1974 As well as describing the history of University College London chemistry, this book mentions the staff, as well as information about the buildings occupied. There's plenty of chemistry as well, which is a very nice touch. |
Reactive Reports Issue 60 David Bradley |
Mark Leach Interview with the owner of Meta-Synthesis, a company aimed to reveal the inner secrets of chemistry to as wide an audience as possible. |
Chemistry World August 8, 2013 Victoria Druce |
Chemistry: the impure science Chemistry: the impure science by Bensaude-Vincent and Simon, delves into the past to assert the foundations of a modern chemistry, with a concluding chapter that might propel the subject into an ethically sound and influential future. |
Chemistry World December 10, 2012 Paul Nancarrow |
A fresh approach Morton Denn, author of Chemical Engineering: An Introduction, has successfully written a modern and concise book on this topic. |
Chemistry World June 24, 2015 Michael Gordin |
Chemical linguistics Many things are considered to be 'like language'. Music is one, mathematics another, chemistry a very close third. |
Reactive Reports July 2004 |
Star Picks PSIgate, ChemWeb and European Centre for Chemistry Education are all web sites offering great resources for physical sciences and chemistry. |
Chemistry World February 20, 2015 Paul Yates |
Calculations in chemistry The book provides a useful source of chemistry calculations but would need to be used in conjunction with books on physical chemistry and mathematics as appropriate for the audience. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Gan Shermer |
Organic chemistry Textbook of Organic Chemistry by C. Pillai is aimed at undergraduate chemistry students who already have a basic knowledge of organic chemistry. |
Chemistry World May 20, 2015 Katrina Kramer |
Molecules that amaze us For chemistry-savvy readers, the book is an enjoyable, easy-to-digest collection of fascinating molecules to dip in and out of. |
Chemistry World December 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Surfing Web2O The rapid evolution of the world wide web is creating fresh opportunities - and challenges - for chemistry. |
Reactive Reports November 2005 David Bradley |
Peter Murray-Rust An interview with the scientific software developer, originally a crystallographer with a DPhil from Oxford, on how he is now helping to establish novel software and Web technologies for chemists and other scientists underpinned by the concept of open source. |
Chemistry World December 2006 Mark Haw |
Comment: A Tale of Two Disciplines Teaching as well as research can help bridge the no-man's land between chemistry and chemical engineering. |
Reactive Reports Issue 66 David Bradley |
Nuclear Chemist's Love of the Web Benefits Chemists Everywhere Mitch Andre Garcia uses the internet to help the chemistry community. His latest web creation is a ranking tool which allows users to submit research papers of interest and for others to vote on their worthiness or otherwise. |
Chemistry World November 26, 2015 Derek Lowe |
Emerging from Babel Today, English is the language of science -- but this has not always been the case. |
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley |
Dick Wife An interview with the chemical IT scientist and co-founder of SORD, a scientific publishing company that seeks to solve the problem of organizing the myriad of undocumented chemistry and the chaotic mess of the commercial database. |
Chemistry World February 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Computers Learn Chemistry Chemists who trawl through the thousands of chemistry papers published every month must wish their computers could do the job for them. Well, maybe one day they will. |
Chemistry World November 18, 2014 Katrina Kramer |
Molecules: the elements and the architecture of everything Molecules is a serious attempt to explain the world of chemical compounds to the reader without assuming previous science knowledge. |
Chemistry World January 2009 Richard Van Noorden |
Editorial: Sustainable connection The interface between chemistry and engineering is more important than ever. |
Reactive Reports Issue 45 |
Star Picks Chemistry Web sites: Chemists Celebrate Earth Day: Resources... Doing Chemistry... Chemistry Question... |
Chemistry World August 28, 2012 Jessica Gwynne |
Bridging the gap Orbital Approach to the Electronic Structure of Solids builds on a book originally published by two of the authors in French in 1997. |
Chemistry World August 7, 2014 Christopher Exley |
Bioinorganic chemistry This type of text was not available in the early days of bioinorganic chemistry and may now serve to fast track our understanding of the topic. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2008 |
Chemical Education in Need of Reform China's university chemistry departments are struggling to attract students despite the rapid expansion of the country's higher education system. |
Chemistry World March 2011 |
Column: The crucible Chemistry cannot all be reduced to physics, argues Philip Ball |
Chemistry World October 26, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Volcanoes Reveal the Secret of the Origin of Life Life began with a chemical reaction under the sea over four billion years ago. That is the claim of a German scientist whose team has recreated a crucial part of the reaction, synthesizing all the necessary ingredients for a living organism. |
Chemistry World November 26, 2012 Laura Howes |
Protein coat prepares catalyst for cascades By protecting a transition metal catalyst with a protein coat, scientists have managed to couple up biocatalysts and chemical catalysts to perform a cascade reaction. |
Chemistry World November 2007 Derek Lowe |
Column: In the Pipeline Chemists are finally going with the flow. |
Chemistry World March 3, 2015 Peter Reed |
Important figures of analytical chemistry from Germany in brief biographies: from the middle ages to the twentieth century This book makes a useful addition to the chemical literature and is recommended to chemists and, in particular, historians of chemistry. |
Chemistry World August 15, 2013 Lorenzo Caggiano |
An introduction to medicinal chemistry (5th edition) An introduction to medicinal chemistry, by Graham Patrick, is exactly that and more. It is an essential text aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates studying aspects of medicinal chemistry. |
Chemistry World February 27, 2013 John Blacker |
Practical process research and development In the foreword to Neal Anderson's second edition of Practical Process Research and Development, Trevor Laird states that, in his opinion, this is the best book on process chemistry. |
Chemistry World August 28, 2015 Simon Higgins |
D-block chemistry Mark Winter's D-block chemistry, originally published as part of the Oxford chemistry primer series in 1995, and now revised and updated, is a good and approachable introduction to put this bewilderment in context. |
Reactive Reports Issue 49 |
Star Picks Chemogenesis is an e-book that goes in depth into chemical reactions and reactivity... Check out the Wiki books on chemistry for an open source chemistry textbook... |
ONLINE Sep/Oct 2007 Svetla Baykoucheva |
A New Era in Chemical Information: PubChem, DiscoveryGate, and Chemistry Central How the emergence of PubChem, DiscoveryGate and Chemistry Central are changing the field of chemical information. |
Chemistry World June 19, 2014 Paul Hughes |
The chemistry of beer: the science of the suds This is an informative book, particularly for those with little knowledge of chemistry and brewing, but an interest in both. |
Chemistry World August 13, 2015 |
Exploiting the data mine Chemists must embrace open data to allow us to collectively get the best out of the masses of new knowledge we unearth, reports Clare Sansom |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Sarah C. P. Williams |
Living Chemistry Biologists understand better what chemists can bring to the table. And chemists understand better the questions that biologists really care about. This has led to a bigger impact of chemists on biological problems. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2011 James Mitchell Crow |
High-throughput catalyst screening for the masses Using nothing more than the standard chemistry lab equipment, researchers in the US have successfully turned the discovery of new catalytic reactions into a high-throughput process. |
Chemistry World October 10, 2014 Simon Ward |
The organic chemistry of drug design and drug action (3rd edition) The organic chemistry of drug design and drug action is a long-running textbook, first appearing over 20 years ago. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Sarah C.P. Williams. |
Carolyn Bertozzi: Changed Expectations Chemists trained in biology were once a rarity -- now they're becoming the norm. |
Chemistry World February 16, 2011 Laura Howes |
International Year of Chemistry launches across the world Over 1000 people from more than 60 countries helped to launch the International Year of Chemistry at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris, France. |