Note:
Thank you for taking the time to read Human Chemistry (Volumes One and Two). To help in the improvement of a possible second edition, please contact the author directly at the following email, with comments, suggestions, criticism, spelling, grammatical errors, theoretical issues, typos, ideas, disagreements, or any other concerns:
Owing to time restrictions, to note, the first edition published swiftly in unpolished format; hence, any helpful comments, ideas, or constructive criticism would be appreciated. Cost to fix typos, is about $400 per update (at LuLu), hence, the several typos found thus far (shown below) may not be corrected until a possible second edition or until approximately 2,000 to 10,000 copies are sold.
Typos (Volume One):
Since approval of the first edition, the author, as well as several readers, have noticed a few minor typos; these are listed below (please email the author if others are found):
pg. ix: the word "integral" (in the praise for section) should be "integer"
Preface
pg. xiii: "though" should be "through"
pg. xiii: replace “tight” with “terse” (readability)
pg. xix: replace "apply" with "applying"
Chapter One
pg. 1: image of chemist Robert Boyle should be one row higher
pg. 11: the name "Al Hazen" (second sentence, last paragraph) should be "Al Hazan"
pg. 13: the words "one can find" should be deleted
Chapter Two
pg. 25: the fourth paragraph is indented two tabs (verses one, the normal)
pg. 28: the word “produced” should be “produce”
pg. 29: the sentence “…human life i.e. that” should have a comma after the word life
pg. 33: the sentence “in which case you take the” should be “in which one takes the”
Chapter Three
pg. 39: the date “1697” should be “1698” (although there is some debate on this)
pg. 42: the word “dependint” should be “dependent”
pg. 49: the date “1697” should be “1698” (although there is some debate on this)
Chapter Four
pg. 92: the sentence “such as if found” should be “such as is found”
pg. 115: the sentence “whether they elements” should be “whether the elements”
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
pg. 157: the word “correction” should be “correlation”
pg. 160: reaction [6.4] should have a “2” before H2O
pg. 163: the intro “In this direction, as a first approximation, …” should be “As a first approximation, … (readability)
Chapter Seven
pg. 194: the word “carriers” should be “carries”
pg. 196: the word “integral” should be “integer”
pg. 202: the sentence “should be though of…” should be “should be thought of…”
Chapter Eight
pg. 217: the words "negative" in the 21st and 22nd lines should be "positive"
pg. 232: the sentence “are a quantum in basis” should be “are quantum in basis”
pg. 242: the two words "methane" should be "methanal" and the formula "CH3=0" should be "CH2=0"
Chapter Nine
pg. 261: the words "Freud theorized that the" should be "Freud theorized that"
pg. 270: the words "are show below" should be "are shown below"
pg. 288: the words "sigma individuals will then" should be "sigma individuals would then"
pg. 294: the words "an equation of state is simple" should be "an equation of state is simply"
pg. 295: the words "in the Swede" should be "in Swede"
Typos (Volume Two):
pg. ix: the word "integral" (in the praise for section) should be "integer"
Chapter Ten
pg. 376: the words "two-millennium" should be "two-millennia"
pg. 403: the sentence "as a each ... along these basic" should be "as each ... along basic"
pg. 403: the word "give" should be "given"
pg. 406: the sentence "region reactive matter" should be "region of reactive matter"
pg. 447: the word "enthalpic" should be "entropic"
pg. 449: the word "have" should be "half"
Chapter Sixteen
pg. 655: the sentence "based experiments" should be "based on experiments"
pg. 663: the date "1954" should be "1944"
