CHEM 410 Assignment Schedule

 

Week Dates  Topic(s) Reading Writing
1 2/17-2/19 Writing, grammar, and style PDFs
2 2/23-2/25 Physical chemistry; the meaning of research; philosophies of science; communication Laidler 1 Paper 1 due no later than 2/23
3 3/2-3/4 Scientific communication in early science Laidler 2
4 3/9-3/11 Early physical science Laidler 3 Paper 1 revision due no later than 3/9
5 3/16- 3/18 Thermodynamics Laidler 4 Paper 2 due no later than 3/16
6 3/23-3/25 Thermodynamics; The Conquest of Cold Laidler 4 Paper 3 topic assignment
7 3/30-4/1 Race for Absolute Zero; thermodynamics Laidler 4 NO CLASS 3/30;          Paper 2 revision due no later than 3/16
8 4/6-4/8 Statistical ideas in science Laidler 5 Paper 3 outline due no later than 3/30
9 4/13-4/15 Bunsen, Kirchoff, chemical spectroscopy Laidler 6 EXAM 1   4/15
10 4/20-4/22 Spectroscopy; electrochemistry and the Ionists Laidler 6,7
11 4/27-4/29 Chemical kinetics Laidler 8  Topic of paper 4 (and outline) due no later than 4/27
12 5/4-5/6 Americans in Europe; rise of physical chemistry in America; Noyes at MIT Servos 1-3 Paper 3 due no later than 5/4
13 5/11-5/13 Two directions; Bancroft at Cornell, Noyes at Caltech; Industrial basic research Servos 4-7 Paper 4 due no later than 5/11
14 5/18 EXAM 2   5/18

Last updated: January 19, 2021