THE book provides an admirable general introduction to the subject and will commend itself both to student and teacher for its simplicity of approach. The latter is achieved by concentrating attention ...

When Mariah Ollive ’18 signed up for an introductory course in organic chemistry this semester, she expected to spend most of her time reproducing the results of previous lab experiments. Instead, ...

“Overwhelmed by Orgo” (C&EN, March 28, page 24) on the crisis in organic chemistry education struck a chord. As an organic chemistry instructor at the university level for more than 20 years, I can ...

Students taking up science majors at Emory University won’t have to worry about the horrors of organic chemistry their sophomore year anymore. The chemistry department has scrapped the course for ...

WE confess this book makes a strong appeal to us: it approaches our ideal of how organic chemistry should be taught to that difficult person, the student—whose primary interest lies in other fields in ...