Because I'm still a little under the weather to be going out with a graduate school classmate to watch the latest Spider-Man movie (note: we're not dating or something... just good old classmates), I've decided to download online lectures on physical biochemistry concepts in preparation for my prelim exam on the third week of July and study these concepts in hopes of getting a decent grade. By decent I mean a grade above the required 2.0.
On second thought, physical biochem isn't supposed to be that much of a horror show to someone who's gone through THE horror shows that were Chem 156 and Chem 157 (a.k.a. Physical Chemistry I and Physical Chemistry II) and the relatively tame Biochem 121 (undergrad physical biochem). I'm supposed to have known the basics by heart. Still, I'd rather review my the basics just to be on the safe side because it's been a long time since I'd encountered those heart-attack-inducing problems.
While waiting for a file to download - I have to make do with the dorm's unreliable wifi - I took some screen shots of the stuff I'm currently reading. They're arranged in no particular order.
The first law of thermodynamics. The equation in the slide is another take on the classic ΔU = Q + W that I've known way back Chem 156.
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And that, so far, is the stuff I've studied. CJ, who has taken the course before me, has just warned me that there are more horrors to come. He still has the old lecture slides the profs used in his class, and he told me he'd email the files for me to peruse. Thanks a lot, pal! You're really a lifesaver. Hope I won't flunk this penalty course. Haha!
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