Asimov On Chemistry by Isaac AsimovThe Asimov Book on Chemistry by Isaac Asimov is a collection of seventeen essays that he wrote for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.This book is one of ten that they were published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. Not all of the books focused on chemistry and similar sciences. Most just covered whatever Isaac Asimov wondered about. These essays date from January 1959 to April 1966. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY The game of weights This I found the most boring of the entire book. Covers chemical atomic weight and physical atomic weight. It also provides chemical methods that determine atomic weight. Slow BurnThis is a description of how Isaac Newton contributed to the field of chemistry along with what civilizations thought about chemistry. Then he talks about a pathologically shy, distracted, stuffy chemist who hates women. This man made some discoveries about flammable gases and proved that water is an oxide. The Element of PerfectionAsimov talks about astronomers in the mid-1800s and how they made the spectroscope. Only then does he begin to mention an element that a French chemist thought was new or perhaps simply an element heavier than nitrogen. Inert gases and their liquefaction points are then listed when they are first liquefied by a chemist. Welcome, Stranger! This is the rarest of stable energy gases, xenon. It also explains why so many expiries involving this gas were made in 1962. First, he defines the word gas and talks about the different types in about four pages. Then he talks about how it combines with flour to form a poison. Death in the Laboratory Here Asimov talks about how scientists died due to poor laboratory conditions and other issues. He will also tell you some ways to poison yourself in a laboratory, such as mixing xenon and flour. He then leaves and explains how the flour was used and how it was discovered along with who died in this process. Some other poisonous chemical compounds are also mentioned. To tell a chemist This is Isaac Asimov's way of telling whether someone is a chemist or not. The two questions are: (1) How do you pronounce UNIONIZED? and (2) what is a mole? According to him, if you can say "non-EYE" and talk for hours about molecular weight to define the mole, then you must be a chemist.NUCLEAR CHEMISTRYThe Evens Have ItConclude here is what isotopes are impractical and how to identify them. It then describes how an isotope is constructed. also says an element with an