FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE聽|聽April 25, 2011

American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网 journal features 鈥淭he Chemical Adventures of Sherlock Holmes鈥�

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2011 鈥� 鈥淐hemistry, my dear Watson, chemistry!鈥�

A special online edition of the American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网鈥檚 Journal of Chemical Education (JCE) features a collection of mysteries based on the famous Sherlock Holmes detective series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but with a chemistry twist. Titled 鈥�,鈥� the series features Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, as they use chemistry to solve a wide range of mysteries. The journal鈥檚 first virtual issue coincides with the observance in 2011 of the International Year of Chemistry.

Holmes鈥檚 chemical adventures are the work of Thomas G. Waddell and Thomas R. Rybolt, of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Ken Shaw, of The Waterford School in Sandy, Utah. Norbert J. Pienta, Ph.D., editor-in-chief of JCE and professor of chemistry at the University of Iowa, noted that Waddell and Rybolt鈥檚 stories appeared from 1989 to 2004 and Shaw鈥檚 from 2008 to 2009.

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鈥淭hese science 鈥榳hodunits鈥� have found wide use in classrooms to illustrate chemistry topics,鈥� Pienta said. 鈥淭he virtual edition 鈥� the first for the Journal of Chemical Education 鈥� packages the whole body of 17 stories in a single convenient location.鈥�

In a commentary, Erica K. Jacobsen, an associate editor of JCE and editor of the virtual edition, praised the collection for both its educational and entertainment value.

鈥淭eachers, students, and chemistry aficionados alike will enjoy working through these mysteries. Each can function as an enrichment activity for students, a mind-bender for weary heads before a school vacation, an application of a recent unit鈥檚 concepts in a challenging mystery, or simply a fun evening for a teacher while unwinding from correcting a stack of lab notebooks. Whatever the use, join Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they travel the streets of London solving their varied chemical adventures. The game is afoot!鈥�

For Jacobsen鈥檚 complete commentary, . For a prologue to the story collection, . The stories include:

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Yellow Prisms
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Fraudulent Ketone
  • A Christmas Story
  • The Case of the Screaming Stepfather
  • The Case of the Stoichiometric Solution
  • The Hound of Henry Armitage
  • The Problem of Woolthshrap Prison
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Nebulous Nitro
  • The Baker Street Burning
  • The Death Puzzle at 221B Baker Street
  • The Ghost of Gordon Square
  • The Shroud of Spartacus
  • The Case of Three
  • The Blackwater Escape
  • Autopsy in Blue
  • The Serpentine Remains
  • Mrs. Hudson鈥檚 Golden Brooch

Journalists can request full texts of the stories from Michael Bernstein.

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Illustration of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
from Arthur Conan Doyle鈥檚 story, 鈥淭he Naval
Treaty,鈥� published in the 1892 edition of Strand
Magazine.