On yer bike, limestone cycle!

By Tom Husband2015-11-05T14:15:00

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Tom Husband wonders why we continue using a disliked concept

At the start of term I asked my new students to say one thing they loved and one thing they hated about chemistry. One replied: ‘I couldn't find much to like about the limestone cycle.’

I feel the same way.

Tom Husband explains his dislike of the limestone cycle, how did the cycle get onto the curriculum, and is it time to take it off?

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