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brainydoctor
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15 Mar 2016, 7:55 pm

My current interest is in Politics and Economics. But I want to be interested in Chemistry and maybe Physics, but especially Chemistry. How can I transition my interests so that I become interested in Chemistry and perhaps Physics from Politics and Economics?

I know it's a weird question, but if anyone could contribute worthy advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.



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15 Mar 2016, 8:11 pm

Pick up a book on chemistry and read it.


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15 Mar 2016, 8:17 pm

Fnord wrote:
Pick up a book on chemistry and read it.


I've tried doing that and it doesn't work. I also have trouble with concentration, so that makes it more difficult. I just need something related to politics/economics like a marginal discipline or something that will serve as a bridge/gateway to get into Chemistry.



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15 Mar 2016, 8:30 pm

Good idea, to make the transition gradually.

Here's a possible angle...

Explosives during World War One. The Germans could easily have run out of artillery shells after the British blockaded access to the massive guano deposits in South America that were the main source of Ammonia for making high explosives. German chemists solved this problem by inventing the first industrial process for producing ammonia.
(NB - you can fact check me, as I may have not quite got all those details right).

Ammonia is commonly used in many other processes, but is quite a simple chemical itself - should give you plenty of further leads to explore, as it was a critical moment in the development of industrial chemistry.

Hope that helps you.


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15 Mar 2016, 9:03 pm

Trogluddite wrote:
Good idea, to make the transition gradually.

Here's a possible angle...

Explosives during World War One. The Germans could easily have run out of artillery shells after the British blockaded access to the massive guano deposits in South America that were the main source of Ammonia for making high explosives. German chemists solved this problem by inventing the first industrial process for producing ammonia.
(NB - you can fact check me, as I may have not quite got all those details right).

Ammonia is commonly used in many other processes, but is quite a simple chemical itself - should give you plenty of further leads to explore, as it was a critical moment in the development of industrial chemistry.

Hope that helps you.


Thank you for your help. Do have any other resources that could be of aid to me? Do you know any books that have what I am looking for?