Comments on: Is convenience costing chemists? Part 1 http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2009/03/31/is-convenience-costing-chemists-part-1/ We have technical difficulties, it will take a day or two to get back to normal. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:51:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fleaker http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2009/03/31/is-convenience-costing-chemists-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-4822 Fleaker Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:13:28 +0000 http://www.chemistry-blog.com/?p=1558#comment-4822 Heheh, everyone's a critic. Keep it succinct. Heheh, everyone’s a critic. Keep it succinct.

]]> By: Bob Barr http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2009/03/31/is-convenience-costing-chemists-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-4820 Bob Barr Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:57:09 +0000 http://www.chemistry-blog.com/?p=1558#comment-4820 How about you conserve the amount of text in this post and save us all some time. How about you conserve the amount of text in this post and save us all some time.

]]> By: William Penrose http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2009/03/31/is-convenience-costing-chemists-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-4765 William Penrose Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:07:48 +0000 http://www.chemistry-blog.com/?p=1558#comment-4765 The image of chemistry has suffered, too, from its perception as an ancient, stodgy and arcane pursuit. New developments that are the least bit exciting are baptized with names that never contain the term 'chemistry': nanotechnology, supramolecular science, etc. At an engineering school I know well, even chemical engineers are taught the absolute minimum of chemistry: a year of general chemistry and one semester of analytical (which I think is gone now). Everything is 'unit processes'. This is akin to an auto mechanic who can tune an engine via the computer, but has no idea how the engine works. The image of chemistry has suffered, too, from its perception as an ancient, stodgy and arcane pursuit. New developments that are the least bit exciting are baptized with names that never contain the term ‘chemistry’: nanotechnology, supramolecular science, etc.

At an engineering school I know well, even chemical engineers are taught the absolute minimum of chemistry: a year of general chemistry and one semester of analytical (which I think is gone now). Everything is ‘unit processes’. This is akin to an auto mechanic who can tune an engine via the computer, but has no idea how the engine works.

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