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Chemistry Sets for Adults?
An Anonymous Coward asks "I've been pursuing a few different lines of study, to refresh myself in basic sciences before I return to school. Right now I am reading up on Chemistry, and thought it would be fun to acquire a chemistry set just to play around with and maybe learn a few things from. Do any science geeks here have any suggestions?" My childhood garage probably still has purple and black stains all over it (lucky I was wearing glasses). 300 in one electronics kits, anyone?
Hmmm,
Chemistry Set request...
From an Anonymous Coward
Smell of camel dung in the air...
*has to be Bin Laden*
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Sure, just call up the Air Force, they'll even provide chemistry demonstrations at your location for you...
(Alternately, just go to Bagdad, a demonstration will arrive shortly)
How do I get in touch with my local Al Qaeda recruiter? I heard that if you fought the Americans, there was a chance you could win a free Caribbean vacation that included meals and accomodations. I bet they have plenty of chemistry sets for adults too.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
If you want to be a scientist, there is only one science, physics. Chemistry, Engineering only imitate simple formulas of physics. But, to really understand atoms, molecules etc, you really need to understand quantum physics (the way it is taught to physicists). Ph. D. level Chemists and maybe Chemical Enginners, study quantum mechanics but it's at the level of undergraduate junior/senior level physics majors. But, there's no doubt about it, there are more jobs for Chemists and Chemical Engineers. But then, there are 100x more Chemists and Chemical Engineers that Physicists. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but it is true that Chemistry or most of Engineering degree require very minimum level of math. I've always felt Chemistry boring for this reason. True science is understanding nature from quantitatively, no vague, but exact; anything qualitative in nature is vague and waste of time.
From a Doctorate level physics graduate student.