Organic Chemistry I For Dummies
by Arthur Winter
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Author: Arthur WinterEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-08
ISBN: 0764569023
Number of pages: 408
Publisher: For Dummies
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- ISBN13: 9780764569029
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Book Review: simply awful
Summary: 2 Stars
The author's numerous attempts to be 'witty', 'funny', and 'entertaining' range between mildly distracting and vomit inducing. The worst example, which caused me to stop reading, is on pg 139. "The selectivity of chlorination and bromination".
"What do I mean by selectivity? Consider the politcally incorrect analogy of the selectivity of a mass murderer versus the selectivity of a wife who just found out her husband had been cheating on her. A mass murderer has little selectivity, - - he kills virtually everyone he meets. The angry wife, however is much more selective. She may bump into many people but she only bumps off her husband"
Leave the comedy to comedians. Please. For the love of god. The author appears to be about 10 years old, emotionally. The book is full of idiotic 'analogies' like this. I can see it now, though, a gaggle of science types screaming about how oppressed they are by the 'politically correct'. No, you aren't being oppresed by the politically correct, you are being asked to grow the @#$@#$ up and act like an adult and try to relate to other people.
It also has a nice mention of the poor oppressed german scientists Alder and Diels, who labored in poor, oppressed germany in WWII, where "synthetic chemistry took a hit". (Don't say Nazi! No! No just keept it at 'German' please!) Gosh, I wonder why? Of course Alder worked at IG Farben (Zylkon B! better fascism through chemistry) on synthetic rubber... I guess its just a coincidence that Auschwitz manufactured synthetic rubber in slave labor camps. Why discuss that? Thats 'politically incorrect' too I guess - I wouldn't want to distract these big important scientists with the petty concerns of 'normal people' who are concerned about 'politics' and other worthless artefacts of history. But I wonder how Einstein would feel about that? (if you have to ask... go read a book about him)
Another example is the Thalidomide box. He paints it as a failure of 'not enough animal testing'. Forget about corporate greed, rushing products to market, hubris, arrogance, etc. For him it's just a need for more animal testing.
This attitude is why science is so divorced from mainstream culture and this book is a perfect example of the problem endemic to science, that it is somehow 'above' considerations of humanity, ethics, history, and the relevance thereof.
Summary of Organic Chemistry I For Dummies
A plain-English guide to one of the toughest science courses aroundOrganic chemistry is rated among the most difficult courses that students take and is frequently the cause of washout among pre-med, medical, and nursing students. This book is an easy-to-understand and fun reference to this challenging subject. It explains the principles of organic chemistry in simple terms and includes worked-out problems to help readers get up to speed on the basics.
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