Preceptors in chemistry
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Preceptors in chemistry
（ACS symposium series, 1273）
American Chemical Society , Distributed in print by Oxford University Press, c2018
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the last 500 years, the worldwide community of chemistry has produced individuals who attempted to synthesize a coherent view of chemistry that could be taught to actual students. This book attempts to define the characteristics of good chemical preceptors. Even chemical geniuses can become so focused on their own work that they are not understood by the bulk of their contemporaries and cannot contribute to the synoptic view of chemistry needed for effective
teaching. It is hoped that the insights presented in this work will be of benefit to all current preceptors in chemistry.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to "Preceptors in Chemistry"
2. Herman Boerhaave and the Use of Demonstration-Experiments in Chemistry Courses
3. A Non-Publishing Preceptor Published: The Three Editions of Joseph Black's Elements of Chemistry
4. William Henry and The Elements of Experimental Chemistry
5. Mrs. Jane Marcet and "Conversations in Chemistry"
6. Justus von Liebig
7. Insights into the Chemical and Pedagogical Philosophy of Stanislao Cannizzaro from his Faraday Lecture
8. Mendeleev and the Chemistry Textbook in Russia
9. Fred Basolo and the (Re)naissance of American Inorganic Chemistry
10. Linus Pauling: The Right To Be Wrong
11. Concluding Reflections for "Preceptors in Chemistry"
Editor's Biography
Indexes
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