New friends—tell me something about you!
What book are you reading right now?
Or for the new #chemsky friends
what got you excited about chemistry/science?
(Photo of me doing some spectroscopy a couple months ago)
What book are you reading right now?
Or for the new #chemsky friends
what got you excited about chemistry/science?
(Photo of me doing some spectroscopy a couple months ago)
Comments
electrons and chemical reactions have been the most fun to me!
I have some thoughts (I shared on the discord) but now looking at potentially blogging.
https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53857/failing-our-future
https://write.as/tedweiland/thoughts-on-higher-education-grading-and-the-relationships-between-faculty
Then I'll start the Three Body Problem for my book club at work.
Then, organic chemistry just clicked. So that's where I focused.
I blame Donatello from the Ninja Turtles for my fascination with science (and pizza).
I loved Donatello as a kid too! He was my favorite! 💜
Don’t read many books. I like mystery and fantasy series though.
Have a great weekend!
Currently reading: "The Second Law: Resolving the Mystery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics" (Wolfram 2023)
Learning space is easily the gateway for my interest in science. I haven't specialised yet, still in education, but I did lead an elephant's toothpaste experiment once
I got into chem because i loved chemistry in high school and in 2020 i was following this manhwa creator and they had a chemeng degree so here i am.
In junior high, I thought I was going to be a nuclear physicist.
Sophomore high school, discovered how much fun chemistry was.
1981 I entered Bradley U. as a chem/comp sci major.
1983 the scholarship ran out. (Bradley's REALLY $$$)
Plan B was code monkey.
My 13 yo is on a T Kingfisher kick right now. We loved NETTLE & BONE and WHAT MOVES THE DEAD
HS chem/phys class made us pick a project for a whole quarter. They hooked me up with a tiny local analytical lab that used all kinds of instruments (mass spec for me) to look at samples.
I read IMMENSE WORLD earlier this year—it was really good!
I’m reading the Owen Archer series by Candace Robb — medieval murder/spy/romance. Lots of apothecary talk and poisoning. 🧪⚗️
I got into chemistry because I was interested in the science of color 🌈
My high school teacher is to blame ;-) for me going into chemistry, coincidence got me into electrochemistry later on.
I got into Chemistry because of my interest of knowing how things work on the smallest scales, and what our universe is composed of. I want to go into Chem/Astronomy/Physics to help humanity better understand how our universe works, for the benefit of all people. :]]]
Also re-reading/editing a YA-Fantasy-Trash WIP, so there's that.
Not sure why I ever found Chemistry exciting, though I might be leaving it for academia-adjacent soon.
Talking about brains got me excited about science
https://www.rumaanalam.com/work/entitlement
Okay brains are cool! 🧠
I think it should be mandatory reading for any introduction to Chemistry class. It is a wonderful book!
As for science, idk I've always loved it. When I was little, it was the only thing that made sense in school
I'm listening to the audiobook of HOW TO BECOME THE DARK LORD AND DIE TRYING by Django Wexler, which is hilarious, sweet, bloody, profane and utterly amazing.
https://www.amazon.com/Making-So-Memoir-Patrick-Stewart/dp/1982167734
But once I have the time, I'll get to starting the Penguin's history of economics and/or George Orwell's animal farm hopefully 😁😁
Which I don't really have anything against, I'll even go out of my way to read medical articles when I'm free, but it can turn me into a zombie sometimes 🧟♀️
So far, it's pretty good it opens up with a bit of a mystery to suck you in. And while you read along trying to unfold that mystery, you just get completely pulled into everything else.
I struggled w chemistry in HS. But, my parents both worked at NASA, which is how I developed my love of science and trying to understand the universe around me.
A scifi-romance book that had me laughing so hard I was crying was Strange Love by Ann Aguirre.
all. in general, just a basic interest in the world order, in-depth study of science and just hyperfixation
I only did well in Chem lab, not class, so my dreams of being science officer on a Constitution Class starship were dashed.
NOVACENE sounds interesting! I added to my tbr
I got into science to go to med school. These days I teach medicine & micro/immunology @ an osteopathic school
I'm not *really* a scientist but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night (boomer reference 😆😉)
I was interested in the usual things (drugs, explosives, weapons of mass destruction), and tried to bother my parents into buying me a chemistry kit.
They sent me into a chemistry school (https://www.hblva17.ac.at/) instead and I have really been hooked there
Science Interest came later in life. I worked at a STEM high school and saw the students excitement…
I’m also reading CAPTURED by Beverly Jenkins—it’s about an enslaved Black woman who is kidnapped by abolitionist pirates. 🏴☠️
They kinda go together Haha!
I started working in a laser lab my freshman year of college and became obsessed with spectroscopy! It’s the best.
Since grad school my main area of research has been in magnetic resonance spectroscopy 🧲
As for chemistry I work as a pesticide inspector for my state so I often work with Chemists for my investigations!
What were your issues with it?
Overall, it's a very minor concern.
I’m hoping to get to this book soonish so maybe I’ll ask more then.
Also, I'm currently reading Lightlark by Alex Aster!
Kidding - I’m reading papers for the dissertation so…yeah not exciting. Unless you’re interested in qualitative case study methodology and what seems easiest to learn - SPSS, SAS, or Shiny - with an R background.
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I mean working on your dissertation is exciting!
& yeah - SPSS is ridiculously easy to learn (for me at least) but it doesn’t give enough info. Like WTF does Factor Analysis mean? CFA? EFA? SEM?
(I’m reading the manual & still not finding clarity. Pretty sure it’s not the right one 4 me).
I am currently reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. Bc someone said the book is a dumpster fire and I’m all about reading dumpster fires. 🙃
The math of a 1st grader w college-level science from boredom.
I enjoy reading autobiography’s from strong and unique leaders. This is a must read.
Sorry to crash your chemistry post with some biology 😁
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hall-commotion.html?oref=slogin