Chemical History
Agatha Christie's "The Crooked House" is a great story. The plot revolves around an elderly tycoon who requires daily insulin shots. He also suffers from glaucoma for which he has been prescribed eyedrops. Everything is fine until someone in the "Crooked House" switches the eyedrops with the insulin. Murder most foul!
Does the chemistry make sense? Let's do a little detective work of our own. [To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Saturday, November 26, 2011 9:02 PM |
Harry Wesley Coover Jr., the inventor of “Super Glue” recently passed away at the age of 94. Super Glue is an adhesive with extraordinary bonding capabilities – just a couple of drops of the liquid and you can virtually glue anything together permanently! Remember the construction worker holding onto his helmet which is attached only by a drop of glue to a beam? A bit of creative marketing here unless the worker had super strength in his arms. [To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Sunday, May 08, 2011 11:10 PM |
March 24, 1876 was a historic day both in the world of science and the world of entertainment. That’s when a man who would become a legend in both entered this world. Born as Erich Weiss, he would make his mark as Harry Houdini. I’m into magic and I’m into science, so I’m obviously a fan. But I have another reason to be interested in the most famous magician of all time. Harry Houdini’s name will forever be linked with McGill University! [To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:06 PM |