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<title>Curved Arrow Press news</title><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/index.html</link><description>News&#x21;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2006-8 Peter Wepplo</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-04-03T11:46:13-04:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:22:29 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Science and scientific thinking</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Science</category><dc:date>2008-04-03T11:46:13-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/d29311dd416b63d63906f051b9405ddb-34.php#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/d29311dd416b63d63906f051b9405ddb-34.php#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When we think of scientific facts, the difference between regular facts is that arguments of science are such that anyone who observed the same facts would come to the same conclusion.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Organic chemistry help?</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Chemistry</category><dc:date>2008-03-13T01:57:47-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/214d391eaeddb33ff50808a9459470bd-33.php#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/214d391eaeddb33ff50808a9459470bd-33.php#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My experience is that if a student understands reaction mechanisms, it gives them the most ability to solve a variety of reactions, including using reagents and reactants they have never seen before.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What is a good book for learning organic chemistry?</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Chemistry</category><dc:date>2008-03-13T01:54:15-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/0226fd23f068d66ea3b8067436f7088b-32.php#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/0226fd23f068d66ea3b8067436f7088b-32.php#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Because learning is pattern matching (that is what out brains are good at), I am therefore making it easier for you to anticipate how a reaction will occur (because you are going to repeat a pattern that I am repeating).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>eBook version of &#x22;The Language of Organic Chemistry&#x2c; A Guide to Organic Chemistry Mechanisms&#x22; is available.</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Chemistry</category><dc:date>2008-02-20T10:23:28-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/a3573ee74d2fcf7956cc77f0375ac3fb-31.php#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/a3573ee74d2fcf7956cc77f0375ac3fb-31.php#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you find that you wish to upgrade, I will credit any prior payments to the full semester version or a print version of the book.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>How to use Spotlight without searching the trash</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Computers</category><dc:date>2008-02-03T15:16:42-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/0c0a96d9081e824668e329dac9b0a236-29.php#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/0c0a96d9081e824668e329dac9b0a236-29.php#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So if you want to search for "something" and want to exclude "something" that is in the trash, try this, "something(-trash)".]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans... David Cay Johnston</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Politics</category><dc:date>2008-01-30T10:15:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/3835e374ba49d701c82998b334c454ed-28.php#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/3835e374ba49d701c82998b334c454ed-28.php#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I don't want to be in the business of trying to determine whether wealth was obtained as a robber, an embezzler, a swindler, or a legitimate businessman.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Boiling chips&#x2c; sticks and stones</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Chemistry</category><dc:date>2008-01-28T13:49:14-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/5ce3ab3668bde4e1ad08fa27572e2f4d-26.php#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/5ce3ab3668bde4e1ad08fa27572e2f4d-26.php#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you heat a liquid and the heat is trapped away from a gas surface, the liquid can be superheated, it will contain more heat than needed to enter the gas phase.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What topics are covered in an organic chemistry college course?</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Chemistry</category><dc:date>2008-01-24T14:00:12-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/5c69a53eccda7b4729f539456fefcaf0-27.php#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/5c69a53eccda7b4729f539456fefcaf0-27.php#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I bought a cheap ochem textbook (and ochem for dummies to supplement) but I'm not sure what parts I should read in the textbook, unless most courses require that you read the book from beginning to end!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Flash Cards</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Chemistry</category><dc:date>2008-01-17T14:58:23-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/c613e7babe16c50d8a6a5f1cc1a04521-25.php#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/c613e7babe16c50d8a6a5f1cc1a04521-25.php#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The key to learning long division is the process in between the problem and the answers.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Nick Kim Cartoon and Chemistry</title><dc:creator>P. Wepplo</dc:creator><category>Chemistry</category><dc:date>2008-01-15T13:04:18-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/983dcc0adc556ec481b70a5a9cbee5df-24.php#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/blog2/files/983dcc0adc556ec481b70a5a9cbee5df-24.php#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If sodium cannot hold its last valence electron, then why should it be attracted to the electrons of a chloride or fluoride?]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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