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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.I now use it even more than Wikipedia, and to be completey honest, and accepting its faults (very poor graphics, occasional freezing... -
pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@renormalize @sbrothy @TensorCalculus In order to find those references, aside from my own files I could have found them in...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Organic chemistry is only a focus as it is the gap in my studies that limits my understanding of the bigger issues relating to the...
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I can relate to the visual understanding. My brain works the same way. In fact, if I'm unsure how to spell a word I can usually write... -
pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@Muu9 Agree about electronegativity. As for energy minimisation, Peter W Atkins (well known text writer at Oxford U) reckons all energy...
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There are a few metaphors/mental models/mnemonics I like to use for general chemistry, like thinking of chemical energy minimization as...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@Mayhem @TensorCalculus @DaveE @berkeman @Borek @mjc123 @sbrothy @erobz @renormalize To try to bring this discussion back on course...
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Also, this discussion is, in fact, veering into "Beyond Standard Model" land.... EDIT: The hijack was truly unintentional. Sorry.
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.AGAINST: Distler & Garibaldi (2009, peer-reviewed), SABINE HOSSENFELDER...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@sbrothy Thanks for the reminder - I was intrigued by the idea of E8 at the time but didn't follow it up till now. Recent online...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Unless you're a natural mathematician, which I am not, it takes a lot of study to get to the point of being able to make some sense of...
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Wow. Lie algebra! The fact that you think I have any hope of understanding that, beyond admiring the shadows it casts into our world... -
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Aaaaaagh! :cry::cry::cry: Still sounds fun, but sort of scary fun. -
pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.@TensorCalculus As the name implies, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_chemistry is the application of quantum physics to chemical...
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pellis replied to the thread How would you describe briefly your own mental modeling of chemistry?.Sounds like poor lecturer/tutor support.