John T. Moore - Chemistry for Dummies

My Take

I was hanging out at a sports bar, and someone told the following joke:

"On the inside of a fire hydrant there is H-2-O. What is on the outside? Give up?
Answer: K-9-P."

I must admit that I didn't get it. I felt so stupid, but I was vain so I chuckled along with everyone else. Later, I overheard one guy say to another, "Hey! don't pour salt in the wound!" What the heck was he talking about? I had no clue.

Chemistry for Dummies

Hi, how ya doin'? I'm a book entitled "Chemistry For Dummies," but you can call me the Unibomber---hehehe! Just kidding. I taught the dummy writing this review everything he knows about chemistry. Before he read me he was pretty pathetic. Let me tell you about myself:

I was written by John T. Moore Ed.D.. He's an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University. I think that's where they built the Six Million Dollar Man. Anyway, I have 362 pages and I set the dummy back about 25 bucks. I was published by Wiley Publishing Inc.

My Take

I found this easy-to-read book at Amazon.com. It really helped me with my chemistry crisis. After reading the book, I now get the joke I heard at the sports bar. You see, on the inside of a fire hydrant there is water--on the outside there is doggy lemonade.

"Don't pour salt in the wound" means "Don't transfer sodium chloride to the punctured bio-matter." I finally understand what that guy at the bar was saying.

Chemistry for Dummies

I wish the dummy would shut his pie hole! This review is about me, after all. I have a yellow and black paperback cover. My introduction tells how I am structured, and makes some basic assumptions about the reader's level of stupidity.

My Take

I liked the fact that the book assumed that I knew nothing about chemistry. I get tired of hearing jokes and not getting them. It's humiliating.

Chemistry for Dummies

In Part I I tell readers (like the dummy doing this review) about atoms, matter and energy, atomic structure, the periodic table and nuclear chemistry.

My Take