And they call me Mr. Bitterness...

[naka_sama]

As it turns out, organic chemists have beef with Watson and Crick. Apparently their first try at DNA structure was dead wrong, and an organic chemist had to explain hydrogen bonding to them before they got it right. The organic chemist was uncredited. Based on the way my professor told it, the slight still rankles.

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[kou_shun_u]

yes, but isnt that the way with everything?

[naka_sama]

You mean in that O-Chem is responsible for all goodness, and chem takes credit, or that all things lead to rivalry?
Science is definitely more beset with bitter little turf wars then I'd ever imagined. My University is building new science labs, and the Chem ones were finished first, but Bio took them over until theirs were finished. I guess they got dibs because they have a government contract & we don't, but now all the professors are grumbling that they "soiled" our labs. The labs look fine to me, but to hear their tone you'd think they squatted in a corner and flung feces or something.
Everyone seems to get along with the Ecology department though.

[the_remora]

Stinky did a report on Watson & Crick in like, the seventh or eighth grade or something, and since that time the three are always been linked in my mind. Such that if I ever had a question about them, I would apply to her, although I am sure that simply by remembering that Stinky wrote the report, I remember more about the whole thing than she does. Nevertheless, in my mind, she remains the world's reigning expert on W&C. Sometimes, I'm touched by my own stupidity.

[naka_sama]

No, I understand. I still think my 7th grade science teacher invented the theory of relativity for roughly the same reasons.
On a mostly unrelated note, did you watch the season premiere of Kyle XY? (Is the fact that I'm even asking maybe a sign that I should get a life?) I'm none too pleased by the "revelation" that Einstein was an augmented human being. So, that late blooming phase was what, a clever gambit to hide his abilities? I can just picture him as a super patent worker - "Don't worry about the slanted windvane guys; I'll just jump up there and fix it."