Discusses the controversy regarding the role of history of science in a liberal education, presenting two issues: What properly constitutes the subject and whether history of science has a place in the undergraduate curriculum. Describes a college course taught at Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT. (CS)

Describes an industrial cooperative program leading to a Master of Science Degree in chemistry now being offered by Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. (CS)

Reviews ways in which programable pocket calculators are used in chemical education. Discussed are simulations of chemical experiments, performance of repetitive calculations, processing chemical data directly from instruments, testing hypotheses, and monitoring class practical results. Lists some calculators and their features and some useful…

Discussed is the physicists' impact on the revolution in the earth sciences particularly involving the overthrow of the fixist notions in geology. Topics discussed include the mobile earth, the route to plate tectonics, radiometric dating, the earth's magnetic field, ocean floor spreading plate boundaries, infiltration of physics into geology and…

Described are several experiments, for a course in geometrical optics or for a college physics laboratory, which have a bearing on ophthalmic optics. Experiments include the single thin prism, crossed prisms, and the prismatic power of a lens. (Author/DS)

Discussed is the classical partition function for the ideal gas and how it differs from the exact value for bosons or fermions in the classical regime. The differences in the two values are negligible hence the classical treatment leads in the end to correct answers for all observables. (Author/DS)

Describes two approaches for teaching inorganic reactions and syntheses without having students memorize specific reactions. Briefly indicates topics which should be covered in a junior-senior level course but not at the expense of eliminating teaching students how to make basic inorganic compounds. (Author/JN)

Presents a very brief description of solid state chemistry, its industrial applications, and rationale for its inclusion in the inorganic chemistry curriculum. The topic is intellectually challenging, economically useful and, in the view of the author, fun. (Author/JN)

Suggests: (1) a "coherent" approach featuring mutual reinforcement, unifying themes, the easy incorporation of seemingly isolated facts, and growing powers of predictability: (2) incorporation of current research findings; and (3) special topics, in addition to basics. Suggests "Account of Chemical Research" as a source for…

Discusses errors and misleading statements found in discussing the meaning of the minus sign in treating the topics of the conservation laws of energy, momentum, and angular momentum. (CS)

Starting from the energy and degeneracy of the Landau levels of a free-electron gas in a magnetic field, the nonoscillatory term of the Landau diamagnetism is derived for T=O, using elementary algebra only. (Author/JN)

Describes methods for studying the direct effect of thyroid hormones on the induction of metamorphic change in amphibians. (CS)

Summarizes results of a survey undertaking to describe the extent of movement of chemistry faculty members (N=1207) from academic to industrial positions. Numbers of male and female faculty within categories of reasons for leaving are also reported. (CS)

The Einstein-Hopf model for the thermodynamic equilibrium between the electromagnetic field and dipole oscillators is considered within the framework of quantum mechanics. Both the wave and particle aspects of the Einstein fluctuation formula are interpreted in terms of the fundamental absorption and emission processes. (Author/SK)

Presents a set of experiments that explore variables within the steps of the filtration process. (CS)