Tag Archives: David Bradley

chemistry-news

Deceived Wisdom

Deceived Wisdom Full CoverChemSpy webmaster and well-known science journalist David Bradley publishes his first popular science book - Deceived Wisdom - this year. You can order the hardcover version internationally with 48h dispatch and free shipping and 30% off from Book Depository right now.

The book is already getting great reviews on amazon and elsewhere: TV personality Francis Wheen described Deceived Wisdom as his "dream book", chemistry prof John Emsley says it's "well written and engrossing," while thriller writer KD George says, "it'll be a great stocking filler. It’s science, it’s information, but it’s fun!"

Deceived Wisdom is also available from Amazon UK from Waterstone's, Blackwell's, Wellcome Collection, on Kindle and in audio format on Audible as narrated by Kris Dyer.

Slinn Pickings

Para-xylene made from ethylene

Restructuring the Chemical Industry One Reaction at a Time - An article by David Bradley on 'Restructuring the Chemical Industry One Reaction at a Time'(10.1002/chemv.201200113)

Bibliography

chemistry-news

The chemical smoking gun

UK scientists have used capillary-scale ion chromatography and suppressed conductivity detection to analyse gunshot residues, sweat and latent fingerprints. The statistical techniques used to extract the data can reveal whether fingerprints were left by a smoker, based on thiocyanate levels, but more critically can reveal traces of gunshot residue in the fingerprint even where analysis of metallic content is not possible.

from David Bradley in SpectroscopyNOW.com.