A mental model for molecules

The primary premise of this work is that there has to be a reason for everything that we see and feel. 

Much of science is built towards explaining things. Sometimes the explanations are complex. 

For example, understanding why fog is murky and clouds have an immense amount of water in them need not be complicated.  

Understanding our little water molecule is key to understanding differences between clouds and fog, ice and snow, and why liquid water freezes under high pressure.

Explanations have to make sense without having to memorize a lot of facts (for example: 8 things that are unusually white in nature and Four things must happen to make water white are two posts that explain what makes things white in our world). 

To really understand life and health, one has to understand water. 

And to really understand water, one has to understand the hydrogen bond. 

• Why does the hydrogen atom have such power in creating virtually instantaneous but fleeting bonds with atoms such as nitrogen and oxygen
• Why is the hydrogen bond so versatile, sometimes flimsy but often as hardy as steel.

I will be writing about a lot about water. But also, I am working on developing courses describing the hydrogen bond in a way that makes sense. For example, even though ice is a pure hydrogen bonded structure, it retains the strength of a solid state. 

Elements clear change their physical structure with changes in the environment, say a colder or warmer state. 

However, atoms also change their physical characteristics when close to a very demanding atom. For example, sodium normal lets go of its electron forming a cation (Na+). In the presence of highly cationic molecules, though, sodium can change into an anion, a natride (Na-).

This is a work in progress.

I would love to get feedback, positive or negative. Use the comment sections in the posts or the contact link. 

When possible, please be gentle with the negative feedback and generous with the positive.

This work is something I am passionate about. Clearly I will not be right some of the time. 

My sincere hope is that I am right much of the time and that I can make a difference. 

There are connections between all living creatures. 

For example, the CO2 that the mosquito tracks is used by the malarial parasite that lives in the mosquito's stomach and is critical for our being able to process oxygen in and out of our lungs. 

My ultimate goal is to show those connections at the molecular level and through computer simulations.