Penguins and Chemistry

What do penguins and chemistry have in common? Nothing, really [1]. But why did I put them together in a title? Because I just glanced at the most awesomest book cover I have ever seen [2]. Behold, Foundations of College Chemistry by Morris Hein and Susan Arena [3].

I found the 12th edition (pictured above) on my colleagues desk. I have found other edition covers using Google. It appears that the cover art team has a penguin-fetish, just like me. Awesome. I do want. Now.

Now, as a caveat, the book is a bit on the thinner side for a chemistry book. I wonder if my colleague will let me borrow the book for the evening to give it a glancing review? I already sneaked a peak at the index, and sadly penguins are not listed. This injustice is quite unforgiveable.

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[1] Penguin science tells me otherwise.
[2] I may be biased from my penguin-fetish
[3] Not to be confused with the Springer journal, Foundations of Chemistry.

Chemistry Research Areas in a Few Words

The parents of a friend of mine challenged me to reduce the fields of chemistry into a few words. This was mostly to give them the idea of the difference between the organic chemistry which my friend studies and (the far superior) physical chemistry which I study. So, here's my shot in the dark for the (anymore, just academic) fields of chemistry:

• Analytical Chemistry - The art of finding and measuring chemical species.
• Organic Chemistry - The art of making carbon-based chemical species.
• Inorganic Chemistry - The art of making non-carbon-based chemical species.
• Physical Chemistry - The art of studying the physical properties of chemical species.
• Biochemistry - The art of frustrating pre-meds with chemical species.

Am I missing any others, or do I have the basics down?