PUBLICATIONS
REPORTS to the MOTHERSHIP:
1. Cooper, J. N. “Report to the Mothership” 26 Jun. 2005
2. Cooper, J. N. “On Religion” 27 Jun. 2005
3. Cooper, J. N. “Wealth and Well-being” 13 Jul. 2005
4. Cooper, J. N. “On Justice” 3 Aug. 2005
5. Cooper, J. N. “Dysfunctional Cerebration” 18 Mar. 2006
6. Cooper, J. N. “Faith and Knowledge” 18 Mar. 2006
7. Cooper, J. N. “S. Hawking” 11 Jun. 2006
AXIS of LOGIC:
1. Cooper, J. N. “SUVing America ” 9 Jan. 2004
SUVing America (PDF)
2. Cooper, J. N. “Bin Laden, Laughing” 12 Jan. 2004
Bin Laden, Laughing (PDF)
3. Cooper, J. N. “Burial Sight” 12 Jan. 2004
Burial Site (PDF)
4. Cooper, J. N. “Facing Mars” 14 Jan. 2004
Facing Mars (PDF)
5. Cooper, J. N. “How We Choose: Want vs Need” 18 Jan. 2004
How We Choose (PDF)
6. Cooper, J. N. “Whither Empathy and Compassion” 29 Jan. 2004
Empathy and Compassion (PDF)
7. Cooper, J. N. “I Do Not Understand” 13 Feb. 2004
I Don’t Understand (PDF)
8. Cooper, J. N. “On Becoming Fascist” 23 Feb. 2004
On Becoming Fascist (PDF)
9. Cooper, J. N. Book Review of “Unequal Protection: the rise of corporate dominance and the theft of human rights” 26 Mar. 2004
Unequal Protection (PDF)
10. Cooper, J.N. Book Review of “The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11” 29 Mar. 2004
New Pearl Harbor (PDF)
11. Cooper, J.N. “Interests: Self and Ohers'” 23 April 2004
Interests: Self and Others (PDF)
12. Cooper, J.N. “Abuse of Words, Words of Abuse” 29 April 2004
Word Abuse (PDF)
13. Cooper, J.N. “On Getting It” 10 May 2004
On Getting It (PDF)
14. Cooper, J.N. “Anticipating Bush’s Legacy” 24 Jun 2004
Bush’s Legacy (PDF)
15. Cooper, J. N. “What Games We Play” 7 Jul 2004
Games We Play (PDF)
16. Cooper, J. N. “Viewing Fahrenheit 9/11” 7 Jul 2004
Fahrenheit 9/11 (PDF)
17. Cooper, J. N. “Tribal Thinking” 23 Jul 2004
Tribal Thinking (PDF)
18. Cooper, J. N. “Reason, Persuasion and Decisions” 6 Aug 2004
Reason Persuasion Decisions (PDF)
19. Cooper, J.N. “On Patriotism” 10 Aug 2004
Patriotism (PDF)
20. Cooper, J. N. “Review of Fear’s Empire: War Terrorism and Democracy” 19 Aug 2004
Fear’s Empire (PDF)
21. Cooper, J. N. “John N. Cooper’s review of Garrison Keillor’s ‘Homegrown Democrat'” 2 Sep 2004
Homegrown Democrat (PDF)
22. Cooper, J. N. “The United State of Denial” 13 Sep 2004
United State of Denial (PDF)
reprinted
http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=5565&s2=13
23. Cooper, J. N. “Trouble is … ” 5 Oct 2004
Trouble Is (PDF)
24. Cooper, J. N. “Our Entertocracy” 13 Oct 2004
Our Entertocracy (PDF)
25. Cooper, J. N. “What would You do?” 19 Oct 2004
What Would You Do (PDF)
26. Cooper, J. N. Book Review of George Lakoff’s “don’t think about an elephant” 25 Oct 2004
G L’s Elephant (PDF)
27. Cooper, J. N. “Just Imagine” 17 Nov 2004
Just Imagine (PDF)
28. Cooper, J. N. “Benjamin R. Barber’s ‘Jihad vs. McWorld'” 19 Nov 2004
Jihad vs McWorld (PDF)
29. Cooper, J. N. “Healthcare for Profit. Something is Rotten in the
United States of Denial” 1 Dec 2004
30. Cooper, J. N. ” America’s Shame and The Pledge” 5 Dec 2004
31. Cooper, J. N. “The Vigil” 6 Dec 2004
32. Cooper, J. N. “Narcissistic Roots of Fascism” 31 Dec 2004
33. Cooper, J. N. “High Noon for Natural Gas” 11 Jan 2005
34. Cooper, J. N. “The Vigil II” 16 Jan 2005
35. Cooper, J. N. “The United State of Egoism” 8 Feb 2005
36. Cooper, J. N. “Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update” 13 Feb 2005
37. Cooper, J. N. “God Bless America?” 21 Feb 2005
38. Cooper, J. N. “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed”
2 Mar 2005
39. Cooper, J. N. “God Bless America, 2” 3 Apr 2005
40. Cooper, J. N. “Report to the Mothership” 8 Apr 2005
41. Cooper, J. N. “What Profiteth It a Nation ..” 5 Jun 2005
42. Cooper, J. N. “Interdependence Day” 3 July 2005
43. Cooper, J. N. “On Justice” 3 Aug 2005
44. Cooper, J. N. “On Economics” 19 Aug 2005
45. Cooper, J. N. “The Dysfunctional States of America” 8 Sep 2005
46. Cooper, J.N. “Reason, Knowledge, Belief and Faith” 10 Oct 2005
47. Cooper, J. N. “Democracy: America’s Failed Experiment” 21 Feb 2006
48. Cooper, J. N. “The Long Emergency – James Howard Kunstler” 20 Apr 2006
49. Cooper, J. N. “the Power of Community : How Cuba Survived Peak Oil” 5 May 2006
50. Cooper, J. N. “Colonizing the Solar System” 15 Jun 2006
51. Cooper, J. N. “Understanding Defensiveness” 8 Jul 2006
Understanding Defensiveness (PDF)
52. Cooper, J. N. “Islamo-Fascism” 14 Aug 2006
53. Cooper, J. N. “The House of War” 19 Oct 2006
CHEMISTRY
1. Cooper, J. N.; Marsh, R. E.;
“On the Structure of AgClO2”, Acta Cryst,, 1961, 14, 202.
2. Cooper, J. N.; Powell, R. E.;
“On the Purported Tetraphenylboric Acid”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1963, 85, 1950.
3. Cooper, J. N.; Ramette, R. W.;
“The Oxidation of Hydrazine by Basic Iodine Solutions”, J. Chem. Educ., 1969, 46, 872.
4. Cooper, J. N.;
“The Oxidation of Hypophosphorous Acid by Cr(VI)”, J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 955.
5. Cooper, J. N.; Chilton, J. E.; Powell, R. E.;
“Reaction of Nitric Oxide with Alkaline Hydroxylamine”, Inorg. Chem., 1970, 9, 2303.
6. Cooper, J. N.; Hoyt*, H. L.; Buffington*, C. W.; Holmes, C. A.;
“The Oxidation of Hypophosphorous Acid by V(V)”, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 891.
7. Cooper, J. N.;
“Solubility of Lead Bromide in Nitrate Media”, J. Chem. Educ., 1972, 49, 282.
8. Brown*, S. L.; Cooper, J. N.,
“Preparation and Characterization of Phosphito-Chromium(III)”, Inorg.Chem., 1972, 11, 1154.
9. Cooper, J. N.; Staudt*, G. E.; Smalser*, M. L.; Settzo*, L. M.; Haight, G. P.;
“Ligand Capture in Reactions of Cr(VI)”, Inorg. Chem., 1973, 12, 2075.
10. Scott*, R. A.; Haight, G. P.; Cooper, J. N.;
“Proton Assisted Two-Electron Transfer from Hydroxylammonium Ion to Cr(VI) Through Oxygen Bridges”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 4136.
11. Cooper, J. N.; Woods, M.; Sullivan, J.; Deutsch, E.;
“Kinetics of the Oxidation of Se(IV) by Np(VII) in Aqueous Acidic Perchlorate Media”, Inorg. Chem., 1976, 15, 2862.
12. Cooper, J. N.; Reents*, W.; Woods, M.; Sjoblom, R.; Sullivan, J.;
“Kinetics Study of the Reduction of Np(VI) and Pu(VI) by Iodide Ion in Aqueous Perchlorate Media”, Inorg. Chem., 1977, 16, 2267.
13. Cooper, J. N.; Woods, M.; Sjoblom, R.; Sullivan, J.;
“Kinetic Study of the Reduction of Np(VII) and Am(VI) by Bromide Ion in Aqueous Perchlorate Media”, Inorg. Chem., 1977, 16, 2267.
14. Cooper, J. N.; Woods, M.; Sjoblom, R.; Sullivan, J.;
“The Oxidation of Am(V) and Other Reductants by Aqueous Acidic Np(VII)”, J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 1978, 40, 659.
15. King*, S. E.; Cooper, J. N.; Crawford*, R. D.;
“Oxidation of Hydrazine by Iodine in Aqueous Perchloric Acid”, Inorg. Chem., 1978, 17, 3306.
16. Shamay*, J. A.; Cooper, J. N.; Barto*, R. J.;
“On the Purported [Coen2S2O3Cl] and [Coen2S2O3]Br”, J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 1979, 41, 121.
17. Cooper, J. N.; McCoy*, J. D.; Katz*, M. G.; Deutsch, E.;
“Trans Effect in Octahedral Complexes 4 Kinetic Trans Effect Induced by the S-Bonded Thiosulfato Ligand in Bis(Ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) Complexes”, Inorg. Chem., 1980, 19, 2265-2271.
18. Cooper, J. N.; “The Protolysis of [Coen2(O2CO)]+”, J. Chem. Educ., 1980, 57, 823-824.
19. Mittleman*, J. P.; Cooper, J. N.; and Deutsch, E. A.;
“Coordination Stabilization of Reactive Molecules: Preparation of trans[(en)2Co(OH2)(S3O3)]+, a Cobalt(III) Complex Containing Disulphane Monosulphonate, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm., 1980, 733-734.
20. Cooper, J. N.; Buck*, D. S.; Katz*, M. G.; Deutsch, E. A.;
“Preparation and Characterization of [(en)2Co(S2O3)]+, a Cobalt(III) Complex Containing Chelated O,S-Thiosulfate”, Inorg. Chem., 1980, 19, 3856-58.
21. Cooper, J. N.; Pennell*, C. A.; Johnson*, B. C.;
“cis and trans-[(en)2Co(NO2)(C2O4)], Cobalt(III) Complexes Containing a Monodentate Oxalato Ligand”, Inorg. Chem., 1983, 22, 1956-58.
22. Cooper, J. N.; Bentsen*, J. G.; Handel*, T. M.; Strohmaier*, K. M.; Porter*, W. A.; Johnson*, B. C.; Carr*, A. M.; Farnath*, D. A.; Appleton*, S.L.;
“trans[(en)2Co(Cl)(S2O3)], Natrans[(en)2Co(C2O4)-(S2O3)],
trans-[(en)2Co(NCO)(S2O3)] and the Nature of [(en)2Co(OH2)-(S2O3)]+ in Aqueous Solution”, Inorg. Chem., 1983, 22, 3060-65.
23. Elder, R. C.; Ludwig, K.; Cooper, J. N.; Eidsness, M. K.;
“EXAFS and WAXS Structure Determination for an Antiarthritic Drug, Sodium Gold(I) Thiomalate”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 5024-5.
24. Murdock*, A. M.; Tyree*, T.; Otterbein*, W.; Kinney*, L.; Carreras*, M.; Cooper, J. N.; Elder, R. C.;
“Complexes of Thiosulfate and Disulfanemonosulfonate with cis-Bis(ethylenediamine)-Co(III)”, Inorg. Chem., 1985, 24, 3674.
25. Wilcox, B. E.; Cooper, J. N.; Elder, R. C.; Deutsch, E. A.;
“A Technetium(V) Complex Resulting from Intramolecular Ring Closure of a Tridentate Schiff Base Ligand. X-Ray Crystal Structure of Chloro-bis-(2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-benzothiazolato)oxotechnetium(V)”,Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1988, 142, 55.
26. Kastner, M. E.; Smith, D. A.; Kuzmission*, A. G.; Cooper, J. N.; Tyree*, T.; Yearick*, M.;
“Structural Trans Effects in Some Bis-(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) Complexes”, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1989, 158, 185.
27. Jackson, W. G.; Kuzmission*, A. G.; Cooper, J. N.; Henry*, J. C.;
“Synthesis, Kinetics and Stereochemistry of the Aquation of cis-[Chlorosulfitobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III)]”, Inorg. Chem., 1989, 28, 1553.
28. Cooper, J. N.; Smith, D. A.; Kastner, M. E.;
“The Space Group of cis-Bis(ethylenediamine)bis(azido)cobalt(III) Nitrate. An Undergraduate Physical-Inorganic Experiment”, J. Chem. Educ., 1989, 66, 966.
29. Tang, K.; Kastner, M. E.; Cooper, J. N.; Kanaskie*, M.; Monoski*, A.
“Structures of Cis- and Trans-Bis(ethylenediamine)isothiocyanatothiosulfatocobalt (III)”, Acta. Cryst, C., 1993, 49, 1265.
30. Cooper, J. N.; Margerum, D. W.
“Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Hydroxylamine by Aqueous Chlorine”, Inorg. Chem., 1993, 32, 5905.
31. Beckwith, R. C.; Cooper, J. N. and Margerum, D. W.
“Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Hydroxylamine by Aqueous Bromine”, Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 5144.
32. Wang, T. X.; Kelley, M. D.; Cooper, J. N.; Beckwith, R. C. and Margerum, D. W.
“Equilibrium, Kinetic and UV-Spectral Characteristics of Aqueous Bromine Chloride, Bromine and Chlorine Species”, Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 5872.
33. Cooper, J. N.
“Open Letter to a Burned-out Teacher” J. Chem. Educ., 1994, 71, 1098.
34. Cooper, J. N.
“Review: Modern Liquid Phase Kinetics by B. G. Cox” The Chemical Educator, 1998, 3, 5242-4. http://journals.springer-ny.com/sam-bin/sam/books/reviews/R0598232.html
35. Jackson, W. G.; Freasier, B.; Goodyear, K.; Cooper, J. N.
“Sulfite ion substitution of trans-dichlorobis(ethylenediamine)-cobalt(III): a classic autocatalytic reaction” Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2003, 355, 137-43
* Undergraduate co-authors.
PRESENTATIONS
A. — Organized and chaired the symposium “From the Chemistry of Responsible Environmentalism to Environmentally Responsible Chemistry”, 13th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, July- Aug. 1994, Bucknell University. Papers published as the cover article in J.Chem. Educ., 1995, 72, 959-976.
B. — “Binary Solution Interactions by Viscosimetry and Density.” 64th Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemists’ Convention – Brian Scaria and J. N. Cooper, 15 April 2000
C. — Kitchen Chemistry: Lewisburg Heiter Community Center 21 Feb. – 14 Mar. 2001 Four 1-1/2 hour after school activity labs for 5th graders.
D. — “Chemistry: Making a Difference – The Remtech Spill 10 June 1999, Selinsgrove PA” to the Bucknell Student ACS 16 Oct. 2002
Interview with David Bradley, Science Writer