CHEMISTRY MATTERS

Take a look at the April, 2018 NobelPrize.org Newsletter. It is entitled "Chemistry Matters" as a direct counterpoint to one of Bob Hazen's most popular books "Science Matters". The book "Science Matters" covers a lot of science.....i.e. physics, geology, biology....but it misses, or lacks in, coverage of chemistry. Perhaps Hazen does not like chemistry and that is why his book "Science Matters" is written the way that it is.....with little about chemistry in it. There is a 20 year plus homeless guy here in Oceanside named Patrick S. Patrick S. hangs out at the OPL every day and is usually there all the hours it is open rather than be outside. He studies physics and mathematics exclusively, and current events in the newspapers. He has a B.A. from Waterloo in mathematics (that is what he claims). He claims he is Canadian and very proud of it. Patrick claims he quotes Rutherford when he tells me that "all of science is physics and the rest of things is just stamp collecting" and he is dedicated to that premise. He reads voraciously at the library day in and day out when he is not sleeping. And he only reads about and does physics and mathematics in his readings and problem solving. And he never, never does anything new he just goes over and over again reading about long established results in physics and mathematics. I have asked him sometimes why he does not apply for Social Security Retirement (SSR) to give him a chance to live inside somewhere. He is now 69. He just turns up his nose at my suggestion and says "O, I may do that some time" and walks away. Anyway, the April, 2018 NobelPrize.org newsletter was meant to convey the message that chemistry does matter especially so in the month of the diamond.