Category Archives: chemistry

Laboratory Exercises in General Chemistry – Semishin

In this post we will see Laboratory Exercises in General Chemistry by V. Semishin. About the book As the name suggests this is a book about exercises in chemistry. It covers a lot many reactions as can be seen from … Continue reading

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Geochemistry for Everyone – Fersman

In this post we will see Geochemistry for Everyone by Alexander.E.Fersman This book is neither a fascinating novel nor a scientific treatise. It is built according to a special plan. One after another its four parts pass from general problems … Continue reading

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Sounds We Cannot Hear – Kudryavtsev

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Origin And Development Of Life On Earth – Voitkevich

After a long break in the Science for Everyone Series we come to one of the remaining titles in this series. This one is titled Origin and Development of Life on Earth by G. Voitkevich. This is a sort of … Continue reading

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Metals and Man – Vasilyev

We come to a book by M. Vasilyev whose book Matter and Man we saw earlier. This book is similarly titled Metals and Man. There is another Vasilyev, namely N. B. Vasilyev, whose book with V.L. Gutenmacher titled Straight Lines … Continue reading

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Energy and Entropy – Alekseev

This title has been quite in demand, and rightly so! This is one of the most wonderful books that I have come across. So here it is!! Energy and Entropy by G. A. Alekseev Back cover of the book says: … Continue reading

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From Crystal to Solution – Krestov, Kobenin

Crystal and solution. The two words often go together. Crystals of salts dissolve in water, and saturated solutions of mineral salts precipitate crystals … We now come to a wonderful little book titled From Crystal to Solution by G. A. … Continue reading

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Practical Inorganic Chemistry

In this post we will see a book titled Practical Inorganic Chemistry by O. J. Vorobyoca, K. M. Dunaeva, E. A. Ippolitova, and N. S. Tamm and was edited by V. I. Spitsyn. Students using the present textbook will acquaint … Continue reading

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Space Chemistry

We now come to Space Chemistry by L. Nikolaev. The book covers aspects of astrophysics and astronomy with stars, planets, comets and meteorites and other celestial bodies from a perspective of chemistry and hence that of spectroscopy. The last chapter … Continue reading

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Chemical Elements: How They Were Discovered

We now come to another book by D. N. Trifonov and V. D. Trifonov  on history of chemistry titled Chemical Elements: How They Were Discovered. In this book we shall describe how the alphabet of chemistry has been designed and … Continue reading

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