Occult chemistry is nice but beard chemistry is awesome. It is a privilege to perform such analyses.
Very nice that they explicitly pay attention to hygiene.
Unfortunately they failed to mention the brand of the shaver in the 'Apparatus' section.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Beard chemistry
Shulgin is a bearded chemist. It might be wise for him to shave it off. His beard contains evidence for the narcotic brigade. See here:
Occult chemistry is nice but beard chemistry is awesome. It is a privilege to perform such analyses.
Very nice that they explicitly pay attention to hygiene.
Unfortunately they failed to mention the brand of the shaver in the 'Apparatus' section.
Occult chemistry is nice but beard chemistry is awesome. It is a privilege to perform such analyses.
Very nice that they explicitly pay attention to hygiene.
Unfortunately they failed to mention the brand of the shaver in the 'Apparatus' section.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Nobel beards
It has been said several times on this blog how important a beard can be for a chemist.
Ψ*Ψ even suggested to include the tag beard on this blog. (Great idea!)
Anyway... The Nobel laureates in the 5 traditional disciplines of 2007 are known. I am quite dissapointed. Let's compare this year to the first Nobel Prize year.
1901
Wilhelm C. Röntgen (Physics), Emil A. von Behring (Physiology or Medicine), Rene F. A. Sully Prudhomme (Literature)
Jean H. Dunant and Frédéric Passy (Peace), Jacobus H. van't Hoff (Chemistry)
5 bearded laureates, 1 not bearded
A bummer that the beardless guy is a chemist, but 5 out of 6 is a good score.
2007
Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg (Physics), Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies (Physiology or Medicine)
Doris Lessing (Literature), IPCC and Al Gore (Peace), Gerhard Ertl (Chemistry)
No beard at all!
How about the chemistry laureates? How bearded were they in history. (I mean that they must have a beard on the portrait on the official website.)
1901 was not very good but in 1902 there was Emil Fisher to show the world how it should be done.
A beard and a pince-nez!
A great shock when you count the amount of bearded chemistry Nobel laureates over the years.
149 laureates and only 13 were bearded (a lousy 8.7%).
1901-1925 : 9 bearded laureates. In 1995 Mario J. Molina was the first bearded laureate in 70 years.
There were 3 beards after Molina. The last hero was (sure) 'The Man' in 2005. Okay, not an imressive beard, but any visible facial hair on the chin is sufficient.
Let's hope that next year there is a prize for someone like Stoddart or Seeman.
Ψ*Ψ even suggested to include the tag beard on this blog. (Great idea!)
Anyway... The Nobel laureates in the 5 traditional disciplines of 2007 are known. I am quite dissapointed. Let's compare this year to the first Nobel Prize year.
1901
Wilhelm C. Röntgen (Physics), Emil A. von Behring (Physiology or Medicine), Rene F. A. Sully Prudhomme (Literature)
Jean H. Dunant and Frédéric Passy (Peace), Jacobus H. van't Hoff (Chemistry)
5 bearded laureates, 1 not bearded
A bummer that the beardless guy is a chemist, but 5 out of 6 is a good score.
2007
Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg (Physics), Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies (Physiology or Medicine)
Doris Lessing (Literature), IPCC and Al Gore (Peace), Gerhard Ertl (Chemistry)
No beard at all!
How about the chemistry laureates? How bearded were they in history. (I mean that they must have a beard on the portrait on the official website.)
1901 was not very good but in 1902 there was Emil Fisher to show the world how it should be done.
A beard and a pince-nez!
A great shock when you count the amount of bearded chemistry Nobel laureates over the years.
149 laureates and only 13 were bearded (a lousy 8.7%).
1901-1925 : 9 bearded laureates. In 1995 Mario J. Molina was the first bearded laureate in 70 years.
There were 3 beards after Molina. The last hero was (sure) 'The Man' in 2005. Okay, not an imressive beard, but any visible facial hair on the chin is sufficient.
Let's hope that next year there is a prize for someone like Stoddart or Seeman.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Thomson and Anderson
Couldn't resist posting this...
I posted that picture of the old lab and a picture of the guy who set up that lab; Prof. Thomas Thomson. The picture was taken around 1864. Thomson died in 1852 and was succeeded by Thomas Anderson.
How about this beard? Quite impressive I'd say.
I posted that picture of the old lab and a picture of the guy who set up that lab; Prof. Thomas Thomson. The picture was taken around 1864. Thomson died in 1852 and was succeeded by Thomas Anderson.
How about this beard? Quite impressive I'd say.
Friday, October 5, 2007
Old labs
Old photos of chemistry labs are awesome.
A lot of bottles and men working in suit without safety glasses.
University of California 1888
Crowded labs with wooden benches and no ventilation at all.
Kansas State Agricultural College (1899)
Even labs crowded with women.
1915 Oregon Agricultural College
Or just an old shed with the smell of dung still in it, but a perfect place to discover Radium.
This made me wonder; What is the oldest photo of a chemistry lab? This is the oldest I could find.
Glasgow University ca. 1864
The laboratory was set up by the legendary Thomas Thomson.
In 1811 Thomson set up one of the first chemistry labs in Brittain in Edinburgh. This lab in Glasgow was set up in 1831. This lab seems to be the safest. If you are just sitting there doing nothing, what can go wrong?
A lot of bottles and men working in suit without safety glasses.
University of California 1888
Crowded labs with wooden benches and no ventilation at all.
Kansas State Agricultural College (1899)
Even labs crowded with women.
1915 Oregon Agricultural College
Or just an old shed with the smell of dung still in it, but a perfect place to discover Radium.
This made me wonder; What is the oldest photo of a chemistry lab? This is the oldest I could find.
Glasgow University ca. 1864
The laboratory was set up by the legendary Thomas Thomson.
In 1811 Thomson set up one of the first chemistry labs in Brittain in Edinburgh. This lab in Glasgow was set up in 1831. This lab seems to be the safest. If you are just sitting there doing nothing, what can go wrong?
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