2012-10-31 15:41:35.21055+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
Hope for our future: "Breaking Bad will probably inspire more people to pursue chemistry than The Fountainhead inspired people to become architects." http://www.metafilter.com/121424/The-Chem-Coach-Carnival#4655368
And the rest of the links at the top of that MeFi entry are worth reading.
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#Comment Re: made: 2012-11-01 18:19:06.435245+00 by: m
Chemistry sets, and simple substances available to the public, that I don't see much hope for the future of that field. When I was a kid, if I couldn't make it change color, precipitate out, a stink bomb out of it, or cause a (relatively) minor explosion, I never would have went into the field.