Human Chemistry (Volume One) [Paperback]

Libb Thims (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 4, 2007

Human chemistry is the study of bond-forming and bond-breaking reactions between people and the structures they form. People often speak of having either good or bad chemistry together: whereby, according to consensus, the phenomenon of love is a chemical reaction. The new science of human chemistry is the study of these reactions. Historically, human chemistry was founded with the 1809 publication of the classic novella Elective Affinities, by German polymath Johann von Goethe, a chemical treatise on the origin of love. Goethe based his human chemistry on Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman's 1775 chemistry textbook A Dissertation on Elective Attractions, which itself was founded on Isaac Newton's 1687 supposition that the cause of chemical phenomena may 'all depend upon certain forces by which the particles of bodies, by some causes hitherto unknown, are either mutually impelled towards each other, and cohere in regular figures, or are repelled and recede from one another'; which thus defines life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (September 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430310499
• ISBN-13: 978-1430310495
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,511,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REVOLUTIONARY!, October 15, 2007

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A. Medina "Chicago Bachelor" (Chicago, Il) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Human Chemistry (Volume One) (Paperback)

Thims is BRILLIANT! He's revolutionized our ability to give ourselves the best odds in finding an eternal connection with someone. Who knew science could be applied to our personal relationships.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thims human chemistry front matter reviews, September 21, 2010

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This review is from: Human Chemistry (Volume One) (Paperback)

"We talk about putting `work' into our relationships all the time--and bringing it to that next level of scientific explanation, is to me what's been the most applicable."
-- Christine Lombardi, BA History

"I love it! I learned the laws of thermodynamics in college, but I never realized they could be applied to us, our lives, and our relationships."
-- Ella Heider, BS Environmental Protection

"(Thims) brilliant book symbolizes the beginning of a new era (epoch) in human history."
-- Georgi P. Gladyshev, BS Chemistry, PhD Polymer Chemistry
Author: Thermodynamic Theory of the Evolution of Living Beings (1998)

"Science, combined with opinion, combined with facts ... it makes me think."
-- Juan Carlos Mejia, BS Aerospace Engineering

"I want to say how much I enjoyed reading (Thims) splendid discussion of Gibbs free energy. It is extremely clear and beautifully written. The historical quotations are especially fascinating. It is wonderful to see someone who is not afraid to look at the phenomena of life in a unified way."
-- John Avery, BS Physics, MS Physics, PhD Theoretical Chemistry
Author: Information Theory and Evolution (2003)
Shared in Noble Peace Prize, 1995

"I would not have understood parts of this if I had not taken honors chemistry; I just don't think everyone would know what integer spins are?"
-- Tiffany Clotfelter, Age 18, Homecoming Princess

"I hate to be a fence-sitter, but I fall somewhere between agree (overall) and disagree (overall); yet this is clearly out-of-the-box thinking and its brilliance shows through in the author's thought processes!"
-- Urvaksh Patel, BS Finance and Entrepreneurship

"I'm glad someone can see or is not afraid to look outside the prescribed scale for a change!"
-- Pierre Rousseau, Phototographer

"It has changed my view of the world"
-- Lynn Liss, BA Business, MBA Finance and Strategy

"The chapters are wonderfully written. I have a feeling that it will be (Thims) who will get the public's attention about the fundamental change in thinking in science."
-- Jing Chen, BS, MS, and PhD Mathematics
Author: The Physical Foundation of Economics: An Analytical Thermodynamic Theory (2005)

"I think that the date of first incorporation of iodine into biological molecular structure (as iodocarbons) might be started in Cyanobacteria (as a primitive antioxidant: probably the first antioxidant) about 3.5 BYA, as we reported in our works."
-- Sebastiano Venturi, MD
Iodine Deficiency, Metabolism, and Evolution Researcher3

"You can't argue against this"
-- Ted Erikson, BS Chemical Engineering, MS Thermodynamics

"At first, (Thims) theory looks strange, but after time, following further thought and understanding, I did not find any arguments against it ... if we have rules for molecular behavior, why not adapt these molecular terms for human behavior; moreover, until human thermodynamics, there had never been a direct link between fingerprints, which reflect the character and health of a person, and DNA - this phenomenon can now be explained."
-- Viktor Minkin, BS Measurement and IT, MS Photosensitive Devices
Cofounder: Vibraimage Technologies4

"I think (Thims) should take a bunch of copies of (his) book, go downtown to a street corner, and just start talking!"
-- Edward Duncan, Graphic Designer

"Libb Thims' Human Chemistry, in two volumes, brings a rich background in the physical sciences and neuroscience to bear on interpretations of human relationships. Thims recognizes Johann von Goethe's elective affinity as a representation of reactive forces immediately present in thermodynamics and the interaction of constituent particles of energy. If we accept Thims' argument, human thermodynamics provides a reliable framework for an understanding of human bonding, bond-rupturing, repulsion, or rejection, which is essence is the gist of romance and love."
-- Satch Ejike, LL.B. (honors) law; B.L. (barrister at law); M.S. (political science/int'l relations); M.A. (humanities); LL.M. (business and taxation); PhD (business history/public policy), Author: Find a Good Man and Keep Him (2008)