|
|
Article: AH, MOLECULES
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 2, 1987
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1987 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Someone asked me the other day why I never write about chemistry
in this column.
I'll tell you why. Chemistry is boring. Chemistry is the plain
step-sister of science, the Cinderella who is never asked out, the
child of dust and ashes. Physics and biology are the glamorous
sisters, all dolled up in their fancy gowns and flashy jewels.
Physicists pursue "fundamental" laws of nature. Biologists study
the wonders of life. And what does chemistry have to offer?
Molecules. Just molecules.
Physicists are about to spend several billion dollars on a
superconducting supercollider, a stupendously expensive machine
designed to explore the subatomic world of quarks, squarks, gluons,
gluinos and other ...