Read 1-99 pages and write 4 questions about the book.

1.

I hope you are enjoying the book you selected. I also hope it was well written and engaged you to keep you reading. I always like to hold on to quotes from books that teach me lessons. Cite at least two of your favorite quotes from the book so far that you want to remember. Cite the page in your book on which the quote is found. You can totally cite more but I want at least 2 (0.5 pts each)! Following the quote, tell me why this sentiment resonated with you (0.5 points each).

2.

I am reasonably certain that every book in our list cites some type of data (such as a percentage, an average, or a rate). Some books have a lot more data/numbers than others! I want you to put at least one quantitative (with numbers) detail from your book that really caused you to think/challenge your own assumptions in the space below. What details were provided about how this data was collected (who, what, when, where, how)? How much variability do you think there is in these measured values? What aspects or variables of the research could have been/should have been explored? I would like at least one piece of data with any details about how it was collected (2 points) and a connection to your own impressions and assumptions (2 points). If only qualitative (nonnumerical) findings are described, identify them as qualitative and connect it to your own experience. Answer this in 50 words or more.

3.

Ideally, you are seeing some connections between your interests in this topic, the performance of research in general, chemistry concepts specifically, or have made you consider the ethical implications of the work described. Cite two ways that the content of your book relates to you about the conduct of research, personal struggles in science, specific chemistry concepts, or ethical concerns that you have been exploring in CHEM 120 this semester. Make a connection between the content of the book and the concept from the class (2 points) in 50 words or more.

4.

You should be about halfway through with your book by now. What are the three things this book taught you so far? These lessons could be about anything from the practice of science, about the science itself, about the impacts of science on the formation of policy, or about the life of scientists and those who write about them. CITE PAGES IN THE TEXT where these insights are mentioned and tell me in a sentence or two why this was really a takeaway lesson for you (2 points each). Answer this in 50 words or more.