To start, Andy Brunning points out that not everyone’s does—only people who can break down asparagusic acid, a chemical that is found only in asparagus, will notice the effect. The products of that breakdown are simple sulfur molecules, including methyl mercaptan, the same compound that is added to natural gas to give it a smell to alert people to leaks. Sulfur compounds are notoriously smelly. Even in incredibly tiny amounts, humans can detect their odors at the parts per billion level, so it doesn’t take much asparagus to be able to detect these compounds in your urine.

I should’ve had more faith, because this was a pretty amazing book. The only reason I gave in and read it is because both my mother and grandmother were raving about how much they loved it. I was skeptical, but they were totally right. This was one of the best spy thrillers I’ve ever read, on par with or perhaps even surpassing the likes of Patterson and Ludlum. It was what I was so hoping to find in Dean Koontz’s Jane Hawk series that disappointed me last year. Who would have guessed that Meyer had this kind of skill lurking beneath her teen paranormal romances?

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When teachers and professors are given the freedom to choose their text, the most diligent will ask questions such as those posed by Dr. Robert Sherman of Miami University: I just wished they could have taken all of the dogs and that's all I'm going to say on that because you need to read the book! The molecules that interest me most are the ones that misbehave, or rather, that have structures that chemists believe they shouldn’t. The molecules, of course, don’t know the rules the chemists think they should follow, so these structures offer clues to new paradigms. I love the moment when I can figure out what the molecule is doing, and suggest new ways for chemists to think about molecular structure. Right now my research group and I are exploring molecules that have weird topological properties, like Möbius strips, and as a result, have unexpected structures. From here, we hope to give chemists who synthesize molecules in the lab some ideas about new classes of structures with interesting properties. What makes Chemistry: A Molecular Approach stand out, though, is how obvious it is that everything was written and put together with students in mind. The many visual aids provided alongside the text excel at helping students understand tough concepts. Mis expectativas eran realmente altas y me defraudó. Como pudo la misma persona escribir la saga Twilight y este libro?

I liked him as a character - he was the only one with some sense in his noggin. He's rude, crass and a bit over-the-top but in a good way. Plus his dogs held my interest when all else failed. The physicist Richard Feynman said that if in some cataclysm all scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence passed on to the next generation, the statement that would contain the most information in the fewest words would be ‘all things are made of atoms.’ I guess this is the heart of chemistry, or close to it. What more do we need to know about chemistry? Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of.

Obviamente tenía que leer este libro. Lo compré cuando salió en inglés pero luego quise esperar a que saliera la versión en español. Just like the first title, this text contains all the relevant material with logical organization and clear explanations. A few years ago I attended a workshop at the Vatican Observatory on water in the solar system, and started to wonder exactly how old the water in my tea cup was. Was it here from earth’s formation, or did it crash land on a craggy ball of dust sometime later? I wrote “A brief history of water in the universe” for Nature Chemistry, and in doing the research for that, encountered Philip Ball’s biography of water. I very much enjoyed this book. I couldn't put it down actually. I waited so long because I felt like I was going to be bored because these kinds of books a lot of times bore me to tears. And for some weird reason I thought we were going to be sitting in a lab, doing boring lab stuff and blah. It wasn't like that and it's all good so there. We rate this the best general chemistry book for students on a budget, but even if you aren’t strapped for cash, it is an excellent option. It has made it through 14 editions so far, and they wouldn’t keep printing new editions if it wasn’t top quality.