Jim Holler
Department of Chemistry
University of Kentucky

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Here is a short quotation from a chapter called "No Such Thing as a Dumb Question" from the book The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, Random House, New York, 1996.

Lectures

Week 1

Lecture 1, August 27, 1998 (no images)   Browser   Stand-Alone RealPlayer

• The syllabus
• Problems
• CAPA Individualized Electronic Homework
• Rules of the road
• How to study chemistry
• Real Audio lectures

Week 2

Lecture 2, September 1, 1998   Browser   Stand-Alone RealPlayer

• Classification of Matter
• Physical and Chemical Properties
• Measurement
• Handling Numbers
• The Factor-label Method

Lecture 3, September 3, 1998   Browser   Stand-Alone RealPlayer

• Discussion List
• Temperature conversion
• Recap of Lecture 2
• Significant figures in computations
• Accuracy and Precision
• Atoms, Molecules, and Ions (Chapter 2)

Week 3

Lecture 4, September 8, 1998   Browser   Stand-Alone RealPlayer

• J. J. Thomson and q/m
• Röentgen discovers X-rays (1895)
• Becquerel discovers radioactivity (Curie)
• Rutherford studies the particles and radiation emanating from radioactive materials.

Lecture 5, September 10, 1998  Browser   Stand-Alone RealPlayer

• Recap of Lecture 4
• Nomenclature
• Structure of the Atom
• Classical Physics to Quantum Theory
• The Photoelectric Effect
• The Bohr Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
• The Dual Nature of the Electron

Week 4

Lecture 6, September 15, 1998     Browser   Stand-Alone RealPlayer

• Recap of Lecture 5
• Quantum Mechanics
• The Hydrogen Atom
• Quantum Numbers
• Atomic Orbitals
• Shapes and Orientations s, p, d, f
• Electron Configuration
• The Aufbau

Lecture 7, September 17, 1998     Browser   Stand-Alone RealPlayer

• Recap of Lecture 6
• The Periodic Table
• Development of the Periodic Table
• Periodic Classification
• Variation in Physical Properties
• Atomic Radius
• Ionic Radius
• Ionization Energy
• Exam I — Preview/Review

Week 5

Lecture 8, September 22, 1998   Browser   Stand-Alone RealPlayer

• Recap of Lecture 7
• Ionization Energy
• Successive Ionizations
• Electron Affinity
• Diagonal Relationships
• Chemistry of the Families
• Oxides Across a Period

Lecture 9, September 24, 1998   Browser   Stand-Alone RealPlayer

• Recap of Lecture 8
• G. N. Lewis and Electrons as Dots
• Electron-Dot Structures
• Linus Pauling
• Electronegativity