Journal of Biological Chemistry - Beginning Chemistry

Journal of Biological Chemistry - Beginning ChemistryWhen I started out my journey to understanding the science of chemistry, I had no idea of how far along I would get. My journal was a guide that told me the path that I should take. From start to finish, I followed it. Here are some lessons learned about beginning chemistry that I wish I had known before beginning my quest.The first thing I learned is that there are different numbers for different reactions in the lab. With only one or two sets of reaction numbers, I would not have been able to tell which ones happened in the lab and which ones did not. Here is a list of chemical formulas and their corresponding reaction numbers.I also learned that the lab involves different types of lights. Sometimes they go on and off when they are needed. Some of them are used to measure the amount of water that was added, another is used to monitor the lab environment and the last one is to provide adequate light in order to help the experiment er run faster. It was an advantage that I was given when starting my journey.A good textbook or course book will give you all the important information in an easy to read format. Some of them even contain pictures and diagrams. One could not study Chemistry if it were difficult to learn.Another thing I had to learn is that the first place to be when starting out is in the lab. For all the required ingredients, you would need to be in the lab. It is the center of the work place and is also the area where new hires and their lab mates came in. You would have to learn how to behave in this way.In addition, knowing your science by heart is also a good way to learn it from a person's identity. Thenext lesson I learned was about the difference between science fiction.Reading on the internet was not good enough. Even the articles I read were not helpful because they did not contain a point-by-point explanation of what was said. Some of them were even old news that had already been explaine d in books.