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Article: Monday Interview: Sandy Dobbie
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- March 23, 2009
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The foundation of modern life
LIKE many scientists, it was a teacher at secondary school who
inspired Sandy Dobbie to don a white coat for his career. But
although he spent his working life in the chemicals industry, Dobbie
originally headed to Glasgow to study physics.
Dobbie - who is now the chairman of Chemical Sciences Scotland
(CSS), a body that brings together industry, academia and government
to promote the sector - was drawn into chemistry by its "real-life"
applications.
"Within probably about six weeks of starting at university, I
realised physics wasn't for me," Dobbie says. "But chemistry was
much more interesting, particularly organic chemistry, because it
related to things ...