Science Spectator Gifts

'If only Darwin could have seen this!'

"This is a lovely old song that tells of a young woman who leaves her cottage, and goes off to work. She arrives at her destination, and places some solid NHHS in a flask containing 0.50 atm ofammonia, and attempts to determine the pressures of ammonia and hydrogen sulide when equilibrium is reached."

'It's a nice idea. A bit rough around the edges but I'm sure it will evolve given time.'

'Dr.Sall Thompson got so excited over the new spring design she took a quantum leap!'

Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

Though he created more than 300 products from peanuts, George Washington Carver was unable to change even one of them back into a peanut.

Fear/Knowledge

'Never mind inspiration. I need background material on atomic physics.'

"You say it all the time, so I climbed every tree to prove it. You were right, money doesn't grow on trees."

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

'I pledge allegiance to the atom, and to the periodic table on which it stands, many particles indivisible, with orbitals and electrons for all.'

"You're going to have to submit to peer review eventually, Bradshaw!"

Tennis fans queuing at Wimbledon.

'Okay, is there anybody else whose homework ate their dog?'

"Yes Dad, I passed math and now I'm passing chemistry and physics."

'We look for a new drug, we find a virus - we look for a new virus, we find a drug...'

'Dr Hodges, here, is from England and he's been observing us for 14 years. Mr Ferrell, an American, has been here only 3 weeks. Monique Corveu, from Paris, has practically been living with us for about nine years...'

I only root so hard for my time because I hate your team so much.

"If oceans are absorbing more carbon dioxide, why isn't this water fizzy?"

"I'm starting him off with a little rope theory."

'Mom, Dad! Look what I created in lab today!'

Figures from 'Ascent of Man' diagram all do the Conga: 'Let's all fo the Conga, na-na-na-na ...'

Girl does mathematical equation. Man says 'Tut! Teenagers today and their problems ...'

Einstein's T-Shirt reads: My Wife Doesn't Understand Me.

E=mc2.

"I know. Let's wait here until we evolve to an upright position. Then we could reach it."

C'mon, it'll be fun! I'll throw on some stars, pop in a few planets, drum up a life form or two, and this place will be hoppin'! The Big Shebang Theory.

Distractions Of The Great

Archimedes statue with a lever

Child drawing fish from life by putting his head in a pond.

Billy would watch his ant farm for hours on end.

"I AM at my usual position."

"You have to believe what you're doing will lead to something valuable, even though it probably won't."

"Quick! Act like we just developed a drug that they can sell for seven thousand dollars a pill."