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Bound States of Spherically Symmetric Potentials
We solve the time-independent Schrödinger equation for spherically symmetric potentials. First, we consider simple cases of a particle on a ring and...
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The Cosmoecoartisan: Ahuman Becomings in the Anthropocene
This chapter sets out the context for imagining the cosmoecoartisan in relation to the Anthropocene. The procedure for doing so is “diagrammatic,”...
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Carbon Hybridization to Tight-Binding to Dirac Solid
We make a pedagogical survey on why the charge carriers (electrons) in graphene are called massless Dirac fermions. Our analysis begins at the...
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Globalization of Chemistry Education in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
The international monitoring systems on students’ science performance, such as Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and...
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The Queen of Carbon!
Mildred Dresselhaus was one of the most renowned physicists, material scientists, and electrical engineers of our time. She made vital contributions...
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The effect of a science festival for special education students on communicating science
Science festivals have been reported as an effective way to communicate science between scientists and the public; however, only a few studies have...
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From carbon to buckypaper
This article aims to highlight the amazing properties and potential uses of the more recently developed allotropes of carbon such as carbon...
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Science at a Crossroads: Transgression Versus Objectivity
In this chapter, I first explore the relationship between transgression and objectivity and then study the importance of Scanning tunneling...
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Fullerenes revisited
The serendipitous discovery of C 60 fullerene, which resulted in the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996, spurred the finding of other...
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Buckminster fuller and his fabulous designs
Richard Buckminster Fuller was an American designer who created fantastic designs. His non-conformist creative design ability was augmented with an...
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Materials Science: Trends, Material Properties and Educational Perspectives
Materials Science is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering....
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Prospective Chemistry Teachers’ Use of Student-Centered Learning During Their Teaching Practicum
This chapter by Ferk Savec and Wissiak Grm is a concluding chapter of this book. Well-educated teacher is an important factor during student’...
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MODELLING OF AND CONJECTURING ON A SOCCER BALL IN A KOREAN EIGHTH GRADE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM
The purpose of this article was to describe the task design and implementation of cultural artefacts in a mathematics lesson based on the integration...
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The Molecular Workbench Software: An Innovative Dynamic Modeling Tool for Nanoscience Education
Nanoscience and nanotechnology are critically important in the twenty-first century (National Research Council, 2006; National Science and Technology...
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Quantum interference of molecules
The double-slit interference experiment has been famously described by Richard Feynman as containing the “only mystery of quantum mechanics”. While...
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Clathrates — An exploration of the chemistry of caged compounds
Clathrate are host-guest complexes. They are discussed with specific examples from different branches of chemistry. Clathrates are formed in...