Favorite living book for chemistry

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  • January 28, 2013 at 4:22 am
    anniepeter
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    If you read only one book (besides your main text) for chemistry, what would it be?  I’m trying to choose and boggled by all the lists I’ve looked at!  So, maybe a vote will work to decide?!??

    January 28, 2013 at 1:46 pm
    Bookworm
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    For what age?

    January 28, 2013 at 4:50 pm
    anniepeter
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    Guess that would be helpful info!  You mean y’all don’t know 😉 !??!?    High school.  In this case 17 yo boy.  Thank you!

    January 28, 2013 at 5:12 pm
    Janell
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    My boys love these two books by Theodore Gray:

    —The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe

    —Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do At Home – But Probably Shouldn’t

    February 2, 2013 at 2:26 am
    anniepeter
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    Thank you!  I have the first one worked in to the plan already, but hadn’t heard of the second.

    February 2, 2013 at 3:42 am
    Kalle
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    A fun free read on the side might be The Wonderbook of Chemistry found on the Baldwin project website:

    http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=fabre&book=chemistry&story=_contents

    February 2, 2013 at 4:35 am
    TailorMade
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    Thanks for sharing this book title. We missed it and I know we will enjoy it!

    Becca<><

    February 2, 2013 at 4:14 pm
    greenebalts
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    Our daughter liked the following…

     

    Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History By Penny Le Couteur & Jay Burreson

     

    The Joy of Chemistry by Cathy Cobb

     

    Blessings,

    Melissa

    http://reflectionsfromdrywoodcreek.blogspot.com/

    April 29, 2017 at 9:35 pm
    Amee Foster
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    What would you use for your main text?

    April 30, 2017 at 2:08 pm
    retrofam
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    The Disappearing Spoon.   Theodore Gray also has a molecules book.

    May 2, 2017 at 11:12 am
    Karen Smith
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    I would caution against using The Disappearing Spoon for several reasons.

    1. The author is crude, crass, and vulgar in his writing
    2. Evolution is mentioned throughout the book, with one chapter (chapter 4) focused on the Big Bang and how all the elements ended up on Earth.
    3. It assumes the reader already has a knowledge of chemistry and how the elements interact with each other.
    4. It does not explain the science of chemistry. It is mostly stories about how different elements and chemistry-related scientific advances were discovered.
    May 2, 2017 at 3:17 pm
    retrofam
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    I have not read ” The Disappearing Spoon, but my son likes it.   He loves chemistry.

    • I wish there were more Christian, living, science books, but until there are we settle for evolution-based ones such as this. I’m not saying this is a fabulous book, only that my son liked it.   Thanks for the heads up about the writer’s tone, etc.
    May 2, 2017 at 3:21 pm
    Melanie32
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    We are liking The Wonders of Chemistry which you can read for free online or download for free. We much prefer it to The Wonder Book of Chemistry mentioned above. We also enjoy The Elements by Theodore Gray. I am trying out a CM high school science guide for chemistry from Sabbath Mood homeschool. It uses the books I mentioned along with one other that I believe is called The Way the Cookie Crumbles or How the Cookie Crumbles. Both my daughter and myself are loving this guide! We haven’t started the last book I mentioned but I am hoping we will like it as much as we do the other two.

    May 2, 2017 at 4:45 pm
    Karen Smith
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    I wish there were more Christian, living, science books, but until there are we settle for evolution-based ones such as this.

    I am okay with a well-written book from a secular viewpoint with some evolution in it, especially for the upper grade levels. It is pretty much to be expected. And, I am equally frustrated and disappointed with the lack of good biblical worldview living science books and the lack of secular books not steeped in evolutionary, atheistic, environmentalist thought. There are many secular books that have great potential, but the continual hammering of evolution ruins the overall content, in my opinion.

    May 3, 2017 at 1:28 am
    Wings2fly
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    Thanks for the caution, Karen.

    We are loving Pablo Yoder’s new book from Christian Light Publications: The Work of His Hands.  It is a creation science book on the flora and fauna of Latin America, with wonderful nature photography.  Sorry it is not chemistry though.

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