Articles Tagged with chemistry

The courage of one’s calculations

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Knowledge and its uses

Knowing how to do something, and doing it, are not the same thing.

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In the back of the book

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The right answer

How did the answers in the answer key get there?

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Mixing subjects

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Crossing boundaries

We put forward an idea for a college class that will probably never happen.

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Rules, principles and recipes (II)

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The scientific way

Scientific rules, like all rules, must be applied intelligently.

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The last little bit

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No improvement yet?

Sometimes you make no progress until everything’s done.

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More of the story

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Help from an old textbook

Knowing just a little more is sometimes helpful.

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The synthesis project

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Ways of being intelligent

We present an idea that won’t work.

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More helium hydride

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Important, but elusive

Doing astrochemistry in a lab is difficult, but can be important.

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Supply, demand and helium hydride

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Exploring a new field

One has to start at an elementary level.

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Reading the dial

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The number under the cursor

We spotlight a skill of the analog world.

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