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    Introductory Organic Chemistry
    Introductory Organic Chemistry
    Introductory Organic Chemistry
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    Introductory Organic Chemistry

    By J.T. Gerig

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    Introductory Organic Chemistry provides a descriptive overview of organic chemistry and how modern organic chemistry is practiced. Organic compounds such as alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, cycloalkenes, and alkynes are covered, along with aromatic hydrocarbons, compounds derived from water and hydrogen sulfide, and compounds derived from ammonia. This book also explores organic reaction mechanisms and describes the use of molecular spectroscopy in studying the chemical structure of organic complexes. This text consists of 15 chapters and begins with a discussion on some fundamental ideas about organic chemistry, from the electronic structure of atoms to molecular structure, molecular orbitals, hybridization of atomic orbitals in carbon, chemical equilibrium, enthalpy, and acids and bases. The chapters that follow focus on the compounds of carbon such as alkanes and cycloalkanes; benzene and other aromatic hydrocarbons; amines and other heterocyclic molecules; aldehydes and ketones; carboxylic acids and their derivatives; nucleic acids; amino acids; peptides; and proteins. The use of instrumentation methods in organic chemistry, particularly mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, is also considered. An account of the mechanisms of an organic reaction is presented, paying particular attention to displacement and elimination reactions. This book concludes with a commentary on how most of the amino acids, sugars, heterocyclic molecules, and fatty acids necessary for life processes could have been formed on Earth. This book is intended for nonmajors taking an introductory organic chemistry course of two quarters or one semester in length.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcademic Press
    Release dateDec 2, 2012
    ISBN9780323140911
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    • 4/5
      Not my favorite of the Michener novels but one of the best in terms of the sheer amount of information conveyed. If you've ever read Michener, you don't need this review. If you haven't, you should. His novels are daunting but satisfying in that you can truly immerse yourself in another world. Because his research is so painstakingly thorough, and because he manages to pack much of it into the novel without boring the reader, hi work also allows you the privilege of learning while reading fiction.
    • 4/5
      I happened to read this book right after my attempt to read Murakami's 1Q84. What a difference! While in 60 pages of 1Q84 I did not learn anything interesting, in Michener's book I've learned something new practically on every page.
    • 3/5
      Artifacts found at an archaeological site in Israel provide the foundations for a series of fictional snapshots into the region's history. The time-span covered is ambitious in the usual Michener fashion, from Neolithic times up into the 1960s. The focus is mostly on the Jewish peoples, but some time is given to early pre-Judaic religions, pagan Romans, Christianity, the Crusaders, and Islam.Michener is a master at making the grand sweep of human history accessible, but sometimes in order to do this he simplifies things somewhat. It seems especially noticeable in this book. Some of the characters lack depth. The female characters are particularly one-note. But then again, he has to cover a lot of territory, so...The human drama seemed somewhat repetitive from section to section, but the historical details were quite fun. I especially liked the story of building the underground tunnel to secure the town's water source. It was obviously based on Hezekiah's tunnel in Jerusalem, an amazing engineering feat given the primitive technology at the time. Other portions borrow from Josephus's writings to provide further authenticity. The history stuff is good. The actual fiction is just okay.
    • 2/5
      The beginning was interesting, but the "historical" part was not nearly as exciting as it should have been.
    • 4/5
      Good job by the author in trying to collect rabbinic thought and philosophy and tie and contrast that to other religions and gods. Lots of new understanding for me. The first half of the book is very, very slow, and the book is long.
    • 3/5
      Follows an archeological dig in the Holy Land with short, interconnected stories for each level/time period discovered tracing the history of Judaism and the introduction of Christianity and Islam into the area. I suppose I will never understand religion for this work only served to intensify all its negative attributes without balancing it with anything positive (which I'm inclined to believe means there is little to no positive influence to be had). I think I may give Michener another try, but on a different topic.
    • 5/5
      My all time favourite book weaving the story of the Holy Land through the millenia. The core story of a modern day archaelogical dig at Tell Makor is expertly supplemented with flashbacks to the time in which they are digging. The continuous theme, set around the family of UR, helps put the story in context and immerses the reader in the story.Highly recommend
    • 4/5
      Absolute fabulous history of the Holy Land. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      Disappointing considering the rich possibilities provided by the subject.
    • 3/5
      I read this book years ago -and must raed it again before I write more. It is centred around a group of archeologists on a dig in Israel - but has flash backs to all the other periods in history which have links with the site. I remember the best part being the historical flash backs - the modern characters are rather thin.
    • 4/5
      I think this is the best of his "history of such-and-such from the Year 1 onward" books.
    • 4/5
      Michner tackles the Holy Land--and does it quite well. James Michner is like the Michelin Guide to historical events and places. He gives you enough information, in novel form, to set you off looking for the "real story." He does that little slice of land we currently call Israel justice, in terms of covering the vast number of people and religions who have settled there. I first read it as a newly minted fundamentalist Christian, and have come back, with greater appreciation many times. Michner is a great story teller. His characters tend to be cardboard characters whose main purpose is to keep the plot going, but there are enough plots to keep your interest over 800 pages. And the characters are a bit better in this book than in some others. (Not as good as in The Drifters, but better than Hawaii or Alaska.) I recommend this for people who want an 800+ page thumbnail sketch of the Holy Land, its peoples and its history.
    • 5/5
      A very complete book of Jewish history told in story form. Fascinating and beautiful prose. One of my favorite books.
    • 4/5
      Michener once again provides a journey of thousands of years in about a thousand pages. This story revolves around the excavation of Tell Makor, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Galilee. It takes the reader through about 10 civilization and times, tied together by the layers they form in the tell, and a family descended from Ur. The primary theme is man's relationship with God and culture. Michener portrays how cultivation of land led to reliance on gods, how Judaism led to monotheism, and especially how Jewish culture has been formed by their exile, return, and by those who never left. The role of women in family, in religion, and as social fabric is also prevalent. I could also see how Michener drew on his research for this as material for the Israeli character in The Drifters. As always, you leave his story feeling like you've lived part of several other lives and learned a lot in the process. One quote I noted: (p402): "The English and Greeks developed sports. The Romans and the Americans degenerated them into spectacles. And the Arabs and Jews said to hell with the whole silly mess."
    • 2/5
      Years ago my mother gave me a copy of The Source by James A. Michener, telling me that it was one of her favorite books and that it changed her perspective on the world. Of course when someone you love tells you something like that you've got to eventually read it, right? This is particularly the case if that person is your mother. Like most Michener Joints it?s a sprawling historical fiction epic weighing in at a respectable 1200 pages or so even in paperback. It starts off telling the tale of an archaeological excavation of a small peninsula in modern Israel. This up cropping of rock has apparently been the site of city-states and citadels since pre-historic times. There are a lot of neat points about archeology, but the real gist of the story is how the Irish-Catholic dig supervisor is introduced to the culture and peoples of modern Israel. There?s a lot of talk on politics and religion, a very ham fisted love story added in for good measure. This takes place in 1967, when the book was written, so the Jewish characters are still full of nationalistic fervor left over from the war for statehood, not yet jaded by events like the Munich Olympics or the Yom Kippur war. I found most of them one-dimensional to a fault. I?m trying to stay open minded, but it?s impossible to have a story about Israel without taking sides in one way, and there?s a lot of propaganda to wade though.This takes up about the first tenth of the novel. The next chapters examine one of the artifacts that were found and illustrated by the archaeologists and the reader is taken back to the time that artifact was created and still in use and we learn the story of the people who used it. The first "flashback" goes back to about 7,000 B.C. where a tribe of "cave men" are living under the rock formation, prospering on the whims of the nearby well. The patriarch of the tribe takes a kidnapped woman from a more advanced tribe (they live in houses!) as a wife and she teaches the hesitant hunter how to plant wheat. Michener kind of dates himself here because we know from recent finds like the Iceman found in the Alps that prehistoric people were more advanced than he gives credit. James really shows his conservative politics in later chapters dealing with the Canaanites and the early Hebrews. I was like "Okay, okay! I get your point; Astarte, fertility goddesses, and feminine worship Bad, as they NATURALLY lead to sacred prostitutes that put strain and jealousy into marriages. I see now, pantheon BAD, naturally they lead to child sacrifice; monotheism GOOD. You don?t need to constantly rub my nose in it." A few chapters seemed almost unbearably stogy and paternalistic, even though they were still interesting because you don?t find a lot of novels written in that time period. Did I mention G-d is a character in many of the chapters? Or at least there?s at least one character in three of four of the chapters whom think He speaks to him. Yeah, wonderful.I have found it common with Christian writers who write about Jewish subject that they give a lot of lip service but secretly harbor a lot of anti-Semitic attitudes. Where I am in the middle of this book really brought that across. Michener tries to give his main characters as much of a sympathetic light has he can, but he?s constantly emphasizing their negative qualities. Every time they say something or do something he uses terms like the fat Jew, the stubborn Jew, the bald Jew, the bearded Jew, the clumsy Jew, the foolish Jew; on and on. In the chapter where Hellenistic Greeks rule the city this becomes eminently distracting, as he?s always talking about how strong and beautiful the Greek men are. In an explosion of homoerotic exposition the Greeks are constantly wrestling, running, bathing, rubbing hot oil on themselves and lounging around. They are more often naked than not, and James is always comparing their penises one of the circumcised athletes. Grecian Penises Everywhere! Then he goes to great lengths to portray how the leader of the Jewish community is none of these things, how he?s always dressed in heavy robes, has a beard, is sallow-skinned and unathletic. I just had to put the book down for a few weeks. The next chapter on Herod was interesting, but I needed a break. I know it?ll get really interesting when the Crusader castle is built on the ruins of the city-state, but I?ll bide my time.
    • 5/5
      One of my favorite Michener books.
    • 4/5
      A sweeping look at several eons of history at a location a short distance away from Jerusalem with an interesting connective main story/theme, James Michener?s book can certainly be described as impressive. The central theme is that of an archeologist looking for love and the stories behind the artifacts he finds having subtle influences on his modern (1964) life. Though some of the stories seem a bit contrived, or emotionally unrealistic (especially in the more modern tales) they are for the most part interesting. There is a major plot hole in the whole thesis of the book based on the role of ancestry, but it is very possible to let that slide. If anything, the book is an interesting read to gain a new, often unlooked at, history of how the major religions have interacted in the past and what, in 1964, the author thought could be their futures. Thankfully he was wrong about one branch of speculation (future Nazi-like Holocaust), but it is also tragic that his other vision (an Israel where all ethnic/religious groups are treated equally and human rights in a foundation for a nearly Utopic society) has not come to pass. I wonder what the author would say about the current conditions of the area. I'd love to read a contemporary epilogue.
    • 5/5
      I disagree with the previous two reviewers. I think The Source is the greatest historical novel ever written. It is nothing less than the story of Judaism and the concept of monotheism told from prehistoric times to the present (1964). This is accomplished in vignettes involving both real and fictional characters that are centered on cataclysmic events which changed the way we believe and think. The book is essential reading.
    • 5/5
      An excellent epic historical novel, one of James Michener's very best, about the evolution of religion in the area once known as Palestine.

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