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threemonkeysThe current fashion in British documentary making is to have them presented in some sort of hands on manner by an expert. So amongst recent documentaries I have been following is a documentary abut how geology shaped the planet presented by a geologist and a documentary about the history of mathematics presented by mathematician. And then there is the one that I just now watched the first episode. A documentary about the history of chemistry - presented by ... a physicist. What! He is a perfectly good presenter, but really, are there no chemists able to do the job? I despair if the answer to that is yes.
To forestall any smartarse who quotes "all chemistry is just an exercise in applied physics" or worse "all science is either physics or stamp collecting" (said jokingly by Ernest Rutherford who won his Nobel prize in chemistry), be warned that you may be in for a good slapping. I might also say to you: physics is to chemistry as masturbation is to sex. Good fun but no substitute for the real thing. Or then again I might not say that.
To forestall any smartarse who quotes "all chemistry is just an exercise in applied physics" or worse "all science is either physics or stamp collecting" (said jokingly by Ernest Rutherford who won his Nobel prize in chemistry), be warned that you may be in for a good slapping. I might also say to you: physics is to chemistry as masturbation is to sex. Good fun but no substitute for the real thing. Or then again I might not say that.