The World of Carbon

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• ghastmaster · Nov 14, 2022 · Recommends

  The World of Carbon by Isaac Asimov started my fascination with the sciences when I was a freshman in High School(grade 9). Chemicals in general just made more sense after reading. He is incredibly clear in his non fiction…

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• mojoe · Dec 24, 2018 · Recommends

  I run a small press focused on science fiction, and I'd like to start publishing some popular science texts as well. I really loved reading "The World of Carbon" by Isaac Asimov when I was younger -- it's a fantastic book on organic chemistry. It's been out of print for many decades, but it will be a while until it's in the public domain (published around 1960).…

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• ghastmaster · Jan 19, 2020 · Recommends

  My favorite is Isaac Asimov: "Published in 9 of the 10 Dewey Decimal System categories" His scientific writings for lay people are amazing(World of Carbon comes to mind). He could string everything together so well.

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• mojoe · Mar 28, 2016 · Recommends

  …list! I don't think I've ever seen them all in one place before. I cannot stress enough what an incredible force for good Asimov had (and hopefully continues to have) on society. I remember reading "the World of Carbon" and not being able to put it down -- a non-fiction organic chemistry book! The high quality and sheer volume of work he output are each impressive on their own, but combined are astounding.

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• hwestiii · Dec 13, 2021 · Recommends

  When I was in HS, I found Asimov’s “World of Carbon” on a book shelf in my second trimester Chemistry class, read it, and then proceeded to ace Organic Chemistry when it was presented during third trimester.

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