First let me say that the book does start off a little slow but once you get into the third chapter, "Silicon Molecules: We Hardly Knew Ye'", you just can't put this book down.
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First let me say that the book does start off a little slow but once you get into the third chapter, "Silicon Molecules: We Hardly Knew Ye'", you just can't put this book down.
It was great while it was working. I had gotten up to chapter 3, the aforementioned 'hardly knew ye' chapter, when suddenly the pages went blank. I tried closing it and re-opening it and nothing. I let it sit for about an hour and when I re-opened it it briefly worked - I could see the letters, but they made no sense - and then went blank again. I called tech support and they said they'd never seen this and maybe I had the book upside down or something. I assured them I'd read plenty of books and knew which way was up. They had me close thebook, open it, flip through the pages... but nothing helped. Finally they agreed to let me return it for a replacement. I had asked for a refund, but they said "you know too much already" and said a replacement would require wiping a portion of my brain. I was not about to agree to that. We'll see how the replacement works...
torsk skrev:Men hvorfor er boka så dyr, tro? Ser at Springer selv også selger den for en heftig sum.
Veronal skrev:Godt spørsmål, men det har vel med opplaget å gjøre? Slike spesialiserte bøker på dette og mitt fagområde er gjerne dyre. Har selv kjøpt flere bøker til 1000-2000 - både i studietiden og i yrkeslivet, så det er ikke uvanlig. Dette er jo en meget spesialisert bok. Jeg tipper at det ikke er mange som driver med NMR for Si-29.
Men det er da i det minste inkludert porto. Super saver, no less.torsk skrev:Ja, jeg er heller ikke uvant med bøker til rundt 2000,- NOK, men her skal jo Amazon ha over 43.000,- NOK (og Springer selv 48.000,- NOK).
torsk skrev:Ja, jeg er heller ikke uvant med bøker til rundt 2000,- NOK, men her skal jo Amazon ha over 43.000,- NOK (og Springer selv 48.000,- NOK).
Mauser skrev:[...] the name is Bond, Chemical Bond [...]
Veronal skrev:Å, boken jeg får opp koster $7679,-?
torsk skrev:Det er mulig jeg er veldig helg i hodet nå, men det blir da litt over 43.000,- NOK, blir det ikke? 😕
Veronal skrev:Sannelig bra jeg ikke har rotet meg inn på Ebay i dag.
Veronal skrev:Godt spørsmål, men det har vel med opplaget å gjøre? Slike spesialiserte bøker på dette og mitt fagområde er gjerne dyre. Har selv kjøpt flere bøker til 1000-2000 - både i studietiden og i yrkeslivet, så det er ikke uvanlig. Dette er jo en meget spesialisert bok. Jeg tipper at det ikke er mange som driver med NMR for Si-29.
It appeals to the lowest common denominator for cheap thrills when it should be striving to elevate the level of discourse. I mean, did we really need to slog through an entire chapter where Dr. Gupta describes, in agonizing detail, the time he took the spectra of two samples at the same time? He's probably the kind of guy who'll put his sample into a dirty NMR tube his friend just used, too.
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