CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Samuel Pierpont Langley, Wright Brothers, Ben Goldacre

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

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Topic one: intro lesson 3: scientific research and publishing. Information all about facts facts that accumulate around the world. 1996-2011: ~15 million active researchers, ~26 million publications (approx. 1 million more by now) (1. 5-2 million publications/year) Popeye (very popular cartoon) ate spinach and attributes great strength to it. I"m strong to the finish, cause i eats me spinach . Idea came from german chemist (1880) erich von wolf calculated the iron content in spinach as 3. 5 mg in a 100 g serving. 3. 5 is approximately correct, but somehow decimal was missing/misplaced (3. 5 -> 35. ) > became misleading fact and inspiration for show. Content of spinach/100g serving: 10% iron, 70% vitamin a (actually none in spinach, but is beta-carotene -> converted in body to iron?) Spinach, iron & popeye: ironic lessons from biochemistry and history on the importance of healthy eating, healthy scepticism, and adequate citation by.