A list of small, useful things (links):
- John has a great explainer on how to drill a well the right way.
- Lisa Balbes talks about how most people don't know what to expect in their first job.
- Andre the Chemist thinks you should move for your first job.
- Ken Hanson posts on proposals in his great series on how to get a faculty position.
- This Dow Lab Safety Academy is interesting; I think it deserves a closer, more critical look than it's gotten so far.
- Andrew Bisette's 9th #chemclub roundup.
- I really need to buy this book on Oppenheimer that Ash reviewed.
- Paul talks about lab manuals.
- Brandon talks lab SOPs.
- Vinylogous Aldol writes on academic chemistry salaries. Seems to me there's a step change between full professor salaries and assistant/associate salaries.
- Chad Jones on diet soda and aspartame. (All I have to say on that issue: from. my. cold. dead. hands.)
Readers, did I miss anything?
If you are interested in Oppenheimer you should definitely read Brotherhood of the Bomb from Gregg Herken - there is also a web page dedicated to the book that has some new information about Oppenheimer that came out after the book publication (O. membership in communist party that he so vehemently denied). O apparently had a very strong, protective relationship with his younger brother (he tried to cover for him and he could not keep his stories straight) and had a very pragmatic ideology instilled into him during the high school - he was quite manipulative and crafty. There is lots of declassified info from archives, both US and Soviet. In short, he used to be a communist and lied about it, he was definitely not a spy and what got him in trouble in the end was is his covert opposition to the hydrogen bomb project, so he was removed from a position of influence and discredited by the proponents of H-bomb effort.
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