The Organic Chemistry Reagent Guide is here!
It’s taken a long time – late April through early May was hectic – but today I’m thrilled to finally announce the launch of the
Read moreWhy organic chemistry is hard (2)
Today’s post is about how a simple reaction can lead to all kinds of complications. I’m talking about the Grignard reaction here, although the principles
Read moreBlogaversary
Feb 18, 2010: Wasn’t sure what I was going to do with my career. I wanted to teach, but after two years of failed academic
Read moreFare Thee Well, Oh Cats of Jerusalem
Our contracts have ended and the wife and I have moved from Jerusalem to small town Ontario, somewhere between Lebanon and Carthage. A little over
Read moreOn Cats, Part 8: Moe the Meso Cat
I got a very excited call from Walter yesterday. He was looking out the window of his apartment in Talbieh and spied a freaky looking
Read moreOn Cats, Part 7: The Fischer Projection
Last weekend while parts of North America and Europe were getting buried in snow, my wife and I went to Tel Aviv to pick up
Read moreOn Cats, Part 5: Enantiocats vs. Diastereocats
I was out for a walk the other day and I saw 3 of the weirdest/ugliest looking cats I’d ever seen.Even weirder than Freaky Sawhorse
Read moreOn Cats, Part 3: Newman Projections
Do you know where the saying “there’s more than one way to skin a cat” comes from? Me neither. But I do know one thing:
Read moreLevels of Mastery
Here’s an idea I’ve been playing with: levels of mastery. Growing up with video games, it’s an idea that is intuitively familiar, but not often
Read moreTwo Midterm Problems I Like
In freshman year I remember being aghast at some of the exam questions my dorm-mates got in their engineering physics classes. They typically had some hideous
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