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This is the most non-chemistry chemistry book ever. We've only read chapter 1 but I will NEVER IN MY LIFE forget that Argon is an inert gas. Why?

Because he digressed from Argon and started talking about his entire family line, goyims, diminutives, terms, hybrid collections of Yiddish and Italian. He stopped talking about Argon four sentences in. Extraordinary. We sat waiting for him to explain. He didn't.

I don't understand why this is the first time I've ever heard of this book.