by Adrian | Feb 5, 2017 | Books, Elements
When one does my job(s), and one writes the kind of stuff that I write, the question of what my favorite element might be comes up a lot – quite a lot in fact. Actually I don’t think that the question is one that I would have ever give any thought to were...
by Adrian | Aug 15, 2015 | Books, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Disappearing Spoon, The Periodic Table
Very exciting news! A couple of weeks ago I signed a contract with the Hachette Book Group USA, to adapt Sam Kean’s Disappearing Spoon for young readers. Yeah, THAT Disappearing Spoon! Any chemistry teacher who has ever made a list of non-fiction, extra reading for...
by Adrian | Jul 2, 2015 | Nuclear Chemistry, The Periodic Table
Well maybe not, but there seems to be a decent chance that at least two of the elements that are currently not formally recognized by IUPAC, could be on the brink of being added to the periodic table by having their discoveries officially confirmed. If that were to...
by Adrian | Jun 4, 2013 | AP, AP TOPIC 07, The Periodic Table
My recent conversation with Eric Scerri that spawned this post, was initially provoked by his article from the previous week in Scientific American. It got me thinking about an old AP exam question from 2006, that asked about the as yet undiscovered element 119. That...
by Adrian | Jun 2, 2013 | 2013-14 Curriculum, AP, AP TOPIC 03, The Periodic Table
Yeah, that’s an inelegant title to say the least, but behind it is an elegant piece of chemistry that is struggling to get recognition. Yesterday I had the enormous pleasure and privilege to chat with UCLA chemistry professor and venerable author and expert on...
