This exciting book is topical, combining drugs, computers, crime, ethics, politics, and chemistry to get a better way of learning the vocabulary and concepts of the chemical process. When used as a supplement to a chemistry course, this gripping and at times, humorous novel provides a painless approach to the application of chemical principles. Its over-all goal is to prepare an individual for a lifelong learning experience, by putting chemical concepts into a scenario which a novice can understand and enjoy.
Jack Sourdin, a professor at University of Southern California teaches, testifies before Congress, and travels to Brazil and Columbia. The real action occurs when his Ph.D. student, Bennett Bristol, investigates the strange activities at Cedar Lawn Cottage. She attacks chemistry problems the way the fictional Sherlock Holmes approached murder cases.
Ms. Bristol's skillfulness should help stem the declining total pool of chemistry students. Topics mentioned include, the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, pesticides, radon gas, drugs, ether and classroom safety. In determining how real chemistry learning occurs, curriculum reformers have ignored the important factors of student incentives and interest. This novel approach is a flexible teaching tool to help reduce some of the boredom in the classroom and the laboratory. The concepts and attitudes a novel teaches may endure long after the technical facts have been forgotten. Besides, to be a good chemist, you have to be a good detective.
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