Is it true that theyre asking more theory than mathematical questions now? (1 Viewer)

[spice girl]

Originally posted by kini mini


There are many reasons, like the fact that the Chinese for one have delighted in massacring each other for millenia and science wasn't that high a priority. Like a good little boy I read my Chinese history and ended up quite shocked...

But Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel is a good introduction to the topic of why some people made more advances that others, quite a lot has been written on the topic too.

ahh...yeh, and also the cultural revolution of the Mao years (which meant that all the rich and educated people were persecuted)

 

[smittenkitten]

Originally posted by mannnnndy
The new syllabus for chemistry does contain a lot more theory and explaining rather than calculation type questions. Whether theory or maths questions are harder would depend on what you're better at - calculations or explaining, although some of the maths questions can be fairly hard. Personally I found the explaining questions better.

WOOO! I'm apalling at the maths side of chemistry I don't know why but I just don't understand it. Explaining I can do. Maybe chemistry isn't a lost 2units for me afterall. Phew.