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Chemistry

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The Department of Chemistry at MIT is recognized as one of the top chemistry departments in the world. The Department has an illustrious history in sharing the MIT tradition of excellence, and has provided national leadership in chemical education and research. The Department's strong record of achievement is based on its pioneering advances in chemical research, its success in incorporating these advances into teaching and research programs, and its close relationship to government and industry. Many fundamental discoveries made in our Department have found their way into practical applications ranging from polymer synthesis to medical imaging.

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The World's Chemistry in Our Hands: Global Environmental ...
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The World's Chemistry in Our Hands: Global Environmental Challenges Past ...

Professor Susan SolomonEllen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Science at MITDean of Science's Colloquium: “The World’s Chemistry in Our Hands: Global Environmental Challenges Past and Future”September 13, 2012 Humans ...

The Art of Problem Solving
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The Art of Problem Solving

"The Art of Problem Solving" Dr. Sanjoy Mahajan Associate Director for Teaching Initiatives, MIT Teaching and Learning Lab and Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Recorded August 27, 2008 as part of the MIT Department of Chemistry Teaching Assistant Training ...

Teaching the Second Law
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Teaching the Second Law

Robert Silbey is an old hand at teaching chemistry (40 years and counting), yet each time he turns to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, he's "always very nervous."

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Samuel Thompson's Personal Story
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Samuel Thompson's Personal Story

Samuel Thompson brings a sense of play to his science research that he traces back to his love of the performing arts and his early exposure to science as a child.

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Nozomi Ando's Personal Story
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Nozomi Ando's Personal Story

Nozomi, a self-described artist and comic book lover, describes how her training to become a scientist was akin to that of a ninja.

Course Introduction to Chemistry 5.80
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MIT OpenCourseWare - Faculty Introduction to Chemistry 5.80 - ...

Faculty Introduction to Chemistry 5.80, Small-Molecule Spectroscopy and Dynamics. Instructor: Prof. Robert Field The goal of this course is to illustrate the spectroscopy of small molecules in the gas phase: quantum mechanical effective Hamiltonian models for ...

TR35: Noah Snavely
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Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Noah Snavely

Snavely present his work at EmTech 2011: Synthesizing 3-D models from 2-D photographs

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Linking Oxidation to DNA Damage
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Linking Oxidation to DNA Damage

Professor John Essigmann describes how oxidation reactions in our bodies are both essential for life and responsible for cell damage that can potentially lead to cancer.

Lecture 9 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
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Lecture 9 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 9: Periodic trends Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

Lecture 8 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
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Lecture 8 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 8: Multielectron atoms and electron configurations Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at ...

Lecture 7 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
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Lecture 7 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 7: p-orbitals Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

Lecture 6 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
  • Chemistry,
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Lecture 6 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 6: Hydrogen atom wavefunctions (orbitals) Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at ...

Lecture 5 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
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Lecture 5 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 5: Hydrogen atom energy levels Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

Lecture 4 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
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Lecture 4 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 4: Wave-particle duality of matter, Schro?dinger equation Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More ...

Lecture 36 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
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Lecture 36 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 36: Biochemistry Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

Lecture 35 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
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Lecture 35 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 35: Enzyme catalysis Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

Lecture 34 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
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Lecture 34 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 34: Temperature and kinetics Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

Lecture 33 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
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Lecture 33 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 33: Reaction mechanism Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

Lecture 32 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
  • Chemistry,
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Lecture 32 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 32: Nuclear chemistry and elementary reactions Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at ...

Lecture 31 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall ...
  • Chemistry,
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Lecture 31 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008

Lecture 31: Rate laws Instructors: Catherine Drennan, Elizabeth Vogel Taylor View the complete course at: http://ocw.mit.edu/5-111f08 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

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