Science Essays for College Students

Tag: chemistry

  • Chemistry of water, carbon dioxide, and proteins

    This discussion reviews three topics for science students: water, pH, and the chemical bonds within protein chains. To begin, though, consider the periodic table, which is a compact and very basic aid for discussing chemistry. It may be viewed on a single sheet of paper. This discussion begins with hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen from…

  • V.  A Conversation about Quantum Mechanics

    Reckoning with uncertainty; a beginners guide to physics at the smallest scale       Familiar quotations “Quantum mechanics is very impressive.  But an inner voice tells me that this is not yet the right track.  The theory yields much, but it hardly brings us closer to the Old One’s secrets.  I, in any case, am convinced…