	Megumi Fujita, Ph.D.

Home Publication Photos Courses Quotes Chemistry Home	Chemistry Quotes CATHERINE: What is "jojoba"? ... CLAIRE: It's something that's good for your hair. CATHERINE: What, a chemical? CLAIRE: No, it's organic. CATHERINE: Well it can be organic and still be a chemical. ... Haven't you ever heard of organic chemistry? From "Proof", a play by David Auburn Chemistry in Musical Sky: Would you like to know how a gambler feels about the big heartthrob? ... Well, I'll tell you. Mine will come as a surprise to me. Mine I leave to chance and chemistry. Sarah: Chemistry? Sky: Yes, Chemistry. From "Guys and Dolls" Isaac Asimov said if you want to find a chemist, ask him/her to discuss the following words: mole unionized As he so eloquently put it, "If he starts talking about furry animals and organized labor, keep walking." From: roberts@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Michael A. Roberts) "Mole" can be many things... an animal, espionage, Mexican sauce, skin marking... But for a chemist, it is simply an SI unit. Sherlock Holmes and Chemistry The following is the scene where Dr. Watson first met Mr. Holmes at a chemical laboratory in a hospital. Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames. There was only one student in the room, who was bending over a distant table absorbed in his work. At the sound of our steps he glanced round and sprang to his feet with a cry of pleasure. "I've found it! I've found it," he shouted to my companion, running towards us with a test-tube in his hand. "I have found a re-agent which is precipitated by haemoglobin, and by nothing else." (from "A Study in Scarlett" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Dr. Watson described Mr. Holmes in the following list. Sherlock Holmes--his limits: Knowledge of Literature.--Nil. Philosophy.--Nil. Astronomy.--Nil. Politics.--Feeble. Botany.--Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening. Knowledge of Geology.--Practical, but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them. Knowledge of Chemistry.--Profound. Anatomy.--Accurate, but unsystematic. Sensational Literature.--Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century. Plays the violin well. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.