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Nobel laureate Roald Hoffman confronts some of the major ethical controversies in chemistry today. Expertly weaving together examples from the worlds of art, literature, and philosophy, Hoffmann illustrates his uniquely accessible dialectic about the creative activity of chemists.
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The Philosophy, Artistry, and Humanity of Chemistry.......2004-03-25
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Roald Hoffman has several objectives in this book: to lift chemistry from zealous physical reductionism, to show the artistic side of chemistry, to show the humanity of chemistry, and -of course, throughout- to present chemistry.
Regarding reductionism, Hoffman argues essentially this: Quantum physics does not reduce chemistry to a rich Lego Set where chemists just permute new combinations of atoms. What mother worries about solving a wave equation when enjoying the experience of her newborn? Physics may describe all phenomena, but its descriptions are unsatisfactory with increasing layers of abstraction; chemistry is one of these abstractions.
Hoffman lifts chemistry from reductionism by simply presenting what chemists deal with everyday. Many of these questions have an epistemological flavor to them. For instance, what molecules make up this substance? How do I know for sure that this molecule that I have synthesized is exactly the one found in nature? In what manner does a chemical reaction proceed, e.g., what are the reactionary intermediate molecules on the way to the final product? What is the best way to represent this molecule on paper? This more philosophical presentation of chemistry, preserves the book from being `stale' as more test tube chem books may suffer from. It is also easy to see that these questions do not involve a bit of quantum physics at all.
Perhaps unique among the sciences, chemistry creates itself with every new reaction mechanism >imagined
<, and every new molecule synthesized. Because of that, Hoffman argues, chemistry is much closer to the Arts than any other science. He then explores this in depth, showing us the steps to synthesizing cubane, a beautifully simple carbon molecule that looks like a cube. And he shows us what makes a synthesis beautiful in the eyes of a chemist. It can be a visual aesthetic, a devilishly ingenious synthesis mechanism, a new way to create greater yields, and so on.
Presenting the humanity of chemistry is just as important to Hoffman as chemistry's Art, and it's rescue from reductionism. So not only does Hoffman show us how chemistry is much like the Arts, he also presents some of the moral dilemma's that many chemists face. A chemical can bestow great benefit and at the same time cause a lot of harm. A few examples that he gives revolve about synthetic growth hormones and insecticide. Particularly nice is how he personally reacts as a chemist and lay person. Perhaps the best example is his chapter on the great chemist Haber who represents the paradoxes of chemistry. So peppered throughout, Hoffman gives his personal view that chemistry and it's surrounding community must face, which makes his second objective (humanity) that much better, and in addition gives the book a very warm style.
But now, let's move on to the negatives, and I hope you don't skip them, because I believe it will enhance your reading of this book. Superficially, Hoffman paints a broad stroke of chemistry and at times gets off the topic. But, the biggest problem with the book is that Hoffman unintentionally puts up a smokescreen. He wants to show that chemistry is not just merely an academic application of physics, but an endeavor in its own right. By just explaining and presenting chemistry as he did, he did a splendid job.
However, Hoffman peppers his book with `diatribes' against radical reductionism (those who choose to reduce chemistry to physics.) This really detracts from the beauty of the rest of the book, because the readers are then expecting a direct redressing of the criticism; when none is offered, the beauty of the rest of the book is diminished, because they are left scratching their heads.
The analogy is this. Suppose I will emotionally rebut the reductionists trying to reduce motherhood to physics. Then, I proceed to >just
< explain motherhood. And that is all. Chances are, since my argument in no way mentions physics again, it will detract you from appreciating fully the subject I presented. This is how I felt for a good deal of Hoffman's book. Now, you won't make that mistake. Remember, Hoffman's argument is self evident in the chemistry he presents.
So who would appreciate this book? I believe first year chemists, and students thinking of making chemistry their careers would gain a lot from this book. However, the book is broad enough to appeal to those who have a passing interest in science. In fact, it is those people who have a passing interest in science who might like it more than science fans that may have wanted a more `test-tube' book.
Let me end by giving Hoffman's example of -what seemed to me- the embodiment of the book. In a chapter he shows the struggle every chemist faces when dealing with his pears. The debates can be heated and down right nasty, and dare I say, unprofessional. Hoffman gives lengthy quotes from anonymous peers reviewing papers he submitted to respected chemistry journals.
It is a showing of the insecurities that all of us have, and equally, it is an intimate look at the lives chemists. It's quite unique from any book I've read on science. So, take this book in its entirety: with all of the artistry, science, and philosophy; its trivial mistakes, and over emotional ones. What emerges is a warm, comfortably familiar human touch.
Illuminating and Facinating - A Wonderful Presentation.......1999-12-27
This collection of essays about the nature and practice of chemistry is as rich and diverse as the subject itself. It describes what it is like to be a chemist and the undercurrent of ideas that define chemistry as a unique and worthy endeavor. This book should be must reading for every student of science. With its clear and lucid style, it reminded me in some ways of my other favorite author, Stephen Jay Gould. I couldn't put it down. One last comment: The heavy coated paper adds clarity and crispness to the words and illustrations, well worth the extra cost. Very nice. Thanks Columbia University Press.
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Could You Ever Come Back to the Catholic Church?
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In a heartfelt invitation to lapsed or estranged Catholics, Mitch Finley takes a realistic look at the various reasons people feel alienated, and proposes ways to overcome the anger, bitterness, and resentment, so that they may return.
Sixty million people in the United States claim a Catholic identity, the largest religious affiliation in the country. The next largest group–approximately nine million–is made up of people who are “fallen away” or “lapsed” Catholics. Mitch Finley addresses this audience, as well as parents struggling with the almost inevitable teenage rebellion against religion, in It’s Not the Same Without You.
Finley examines a wide variety of reasons Catholics choose to leave the Church, treating each one in a balanced and fair-minded way. He recounts dozens of true stories about people who have left and returned, a few about those who have yet to return, and candidly acknowledges that many–perhaps most–active Catholics experience periods of estrangement or conflict. Asking forgiveness on behalf of the Church for the ways lapsed Catholics may have been hurt by the institution or its official representatives, he also reminds readers that forgiveness needs to go both ways, and that false humility or arrogant pride all too often stand in the way of admitting to our own errors and failures.
Encouraging Catholics to begin a new relationship with their religion, Finley suggests specific ways to become part of the active life of a parish once more. He also discusses the Church’s obligations to those who have left, highlighting successful outreach programs developed by parishes throughout the United States. In guiding readers along the path from alienation to reconciliation, Finley shows that there are many good, objective reasons for “coming home again.”
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Still don't want to go back............2006-03-16
No, after reading this book I still don't want to return to the faith of my childhood. Still, this book truly and deeply helped me understand the anger and sense of loss I'd felt for not "being Catholic" anymore. Finley points out that the church is not perfect, in fact it can be horrible, but it can also be profound and unifying. It is comprised of human beings, after all. He urges us towards reconciliation - a simple acceptance that in spite of its errors, the Catholic Church, the faith, is still valuable. This is a profoundly mature awareness, and I knew I wanted to integrate it into my consciousness. I read the book years ago and have since passed it on, so the details are not easily retrievable, but I can tell you that reading this book helped me to claim "being Catholic" on my own terms. In spite of my Catholic upbringing and its misguided messages (and my consequent self-loathing and shame) I do well to remember, acknowledge and respect that little girl in me who passionately loved the Virgin Mary, the saints, the suffering of Christ, the candles, the mystery, and the embrace of a larger, unified church family. Yes, I suffered psychologically, but I am old enough and healthy enough now to realize that it was not all bad, and that my little Catholic girl self is still an integral part of my bones, my skeletal system, my unconscious. She is not lost, not rejected or thrown away with my adult, non-practicing non-believing self. Today, regardless of opinions, projections and labels, I identify as a Catholic, or "reconciled" Catholic, depending on the company. There is too much of me that is Catholic. It is mine to claim. This book encouraged me towards this awareness. I'm not sure it was Finley's intent, but I sure am glad for it. I'd encourage anyone who feels uncomfortable, angry or sad about their Catholic childhood faith to give it a read. A pleasant, intelligent and wise read, as well as a significant boost on my own journey.
A Practical Guide for Returning Catholics.......2003-05-09
IT'S NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU: COMING HOME TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH by Mitch Finley is an interesting book dealing with lapsed Catholics and (from their perspective) how they find their way back to the Church and (from the perspective of ministry) how they can be encouraged to return. The author, who has penned a number of short books, asserts that not only must the Church work to welcome home those who have been alienated by abuse, misinterpretation, confusion, hypocrisy, and indifference, but that those people owe it to themselves to take the concrete steps to reconcile themselves with the faith of their childhood. A good portion of the book consists of anecdotes of both successful returnees, works in process and failed attempts as Mr. Finley explains the many reasons for initial alienation as well as opportunities for evangelization.
The central theme is one of reconciliation on both parts, and of the need for deep and genuine listening to the concerns and hurts (both real and imagined) of those who have become estranged. Many have turned away from the church, some for valid reasons. He encourages who have left because of the human failings of its clergy and members, to recognize that the church is much larger than its members; it is faith. He also presents several models of successful outreach employed by a number of parishes throughout the country. Returning Catholics are given specifics on how to once again become part of the life of the Church in all aspects: faith, social, community, morality. The author offers a gentle approach, offering a model for reconciliation rather than condemnation.
The book is generally well written; there are a few grammatical errors and some inconsistent statistics. However they detract only slightly from what is a good presentation of reconciliation and return.
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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another. In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world's major cities for "bleached yarns not spun or thrown in the same establishment excluding wool" for the year 2007. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. For many items, latent demand is clearly observable in sales, as in the case for food or housing items. Consider, however, the category "satellite launch vehicles". Clearly, there are no launch pads in most cities of the world. However, the core benefit of the vehicles (e.g. telecommunications, etc.) is "consumed" by residents or industries within the world's cities. Without certain cities, in other words, the market for satellite launch vehicles would be lower for the world in general. One needs to allocate, therefore, a portion of the worldwide economic demand for launch vehicles to both regions and cities. This report takes the broader definition and considers, therefore, a city as a part of the global market.
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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another. In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world\'s major cities for "commission receipts for winding and warping yarn not thrown or spun in the same establishment" for the year 2007. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. For many items, latent demand is clearly observable in sales, as in the case for food or housing items. Consider, however, the category "satellite launch vehicles". Clearly, there are no launch pads in most cities of the world. However, the core benefit of the vehicles (e.g. telecommunications, etc.) is "consumed" by residents or industries within the world\'s cities. Without certain cities, in other words, the market for satellite launch vehicles would be lower for the world in general. One needs to allocate, therefore, a portion of the worldwide economic demand for launch vehicles to both regions and cities. This report takes the broader definition and considers, therefore, a city as a part of the global market.
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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another. In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world\'s major cities for "cutting, sewing, and binding of fabricated carpet and rugs made from carpeting not made in same plant" for the year 2007. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. For many items, latent demand is clearly observable in sales, as in the case for food or housing items. Consider, however, the category "satellite launch vehicles". Clearly, there are no launch pads in most cities of the world. However, the core benefit of the vehicles (e.g. telecommunications, etc.) is "consumed" by residents or industries within the world\'s cities. Without certain cities, in other words, the market for satellite launch vehicles would be lower for the world in general. One needs to allocate, therefore, a portion of the worldwide economic demand for launch vehicles to both regions and cities. This report takes the broader definition and considers, therefore, a city as a part of the global market.
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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another. In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world's major cities for "dyed acrylic and modacrylic yarns not spun or thrown in the same establishment" for the year 2007. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. For many items, latent demand is clearly observable in sales, as in the case for food or housing items. Consider, however, the category "satellite launch vehicles". Clearly, there are no launch pads in most cities of the world. However, the core benefit of the vehicles (e.g. telecommunications, etc.) is "consumed" by residents or industries within the world's cities. Without certain cities, in other words, the market for satellite launch vehicles would be lower for the world in general. One needs to allocate, therefore, a portion of the worldwide economic demand for launch vehicles to both regions and cities. This report takes the broader definition and considers, therefore, a city as a part of the global market.
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This fully illustrated resource examines three-body systems where the Coulomb interaction plays an important role. Contributions focus on nuclear physics and atomic physics-in the low-energy regime-as well as on collision phenomena. Covering experimental and theoretical work, chapters discuss the direct calculation of collision amplitudes using momentum-space integral equations and the screening method for handling Coulomb effects; the coordinate-space wave function analysis; time-dependent methods; the
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This volume contains more than 80 papers by theorists and experimentalists in the field of multiparticle production. A large variety of domains in high energy physics are covered. For each of these domains, an overview is given before the newest results are presented.
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The ISMD 2005 conference reviewed and updated the theoretical and experimental understanding of multiparticle production in high energy collisions. About half of the papers discussed collisions of ultra-relativistic nuclei with recent results from RHIC. In addition, some intriguing results from HERA and Tevatron colliders were presented and future experiments were discussed as well. Following the ISMD conference, the Workshop on Particle Correlations and Femtoscopy was held for the first time. This new series of regular workshops presents a critical and thorough analysis of the latest results on particle interferometry in high energy heavy ion collisions. Thefocus on this rather narrow subject was stimulated by a wealth of new data arriving steadily from the RHIC and SPS experiments.
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This book deals with the most recent achievements in the following areas of high energy physics: physics of e+e- collisions, lepton-nucleon scattering, relativistic heavy ion collisions (the quest for quark-gluon plasma), and multiparticle production. New experimental results from Tevatron, LEP, SPS and HERA and the theoretical progress in the aforementioned fields are presented.
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Proceedings of the Xxiii International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics Aspen, Colorado, USA 12-17 September 1993
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Do you know anyone who works in a hotel or restaurant? If so, this collection of short stories will have them rolling on the floor with laughter! Five authors from the food industry gather at the table to reveal some hilarious happenings at the Hectic Hotel. Dr. Chef Dave and his friends tell you the insider information rarely discussed outside of the walk-in cooler. "I enjoyed all the stories..."
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Rolling in laughter.......2004-03-10
What a hoot--this is a great book, funny and enlightening. This is a collaboration of 5 authors with funnhy tales about the inside world of the service industry. Very nice reading after a hard day at work--helps keep things light--Must buy!!
Hectic Hotel.......2004-03-01
This book is not funny, it is up right hilarious. This book was one that you couldn't put down, you had to find out what extremly crazy things where going to happen next. When reading you think, does this really happen "e behind the sences & quote. It makes you wanna snope around the next time you walk into a resturant or hotel.
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