Yes!
That's right.
Chemistry addict is going to real-world lab. My first, unpaid, 3-weeks-long internship in one of German universities. And guess what - I am trully terryfied. It is perhaps, I have never ever done anything serious in chemistry lab. And now what? I will spend 3 weeks in this completely foreign environment and try not to distroy anything and wish I don't end up covered in some kind of toxic substance. Not so funny after all. But this is what I wanted. And I will manage this - hopefully.
Stay tuned for adventures of beginning chemistry addict in a lab.
czwartek, 1 sierpnia 2013
czwartek, 6 czerwca 2013
Say hello to chemistry!
Past two day were incredible, when it comes to
chemistry adventures.
Thanks to my teacher and my relentless stubbornness, I took part in
laboratory classes at The University of Poznań. Never before was I able to do
so interesting experiments and I must say, I had a ton of fun. So… perhaps isolating Eugenol from Dianthus herbs or
synthesizing acetanilide doesn’t sound like something one would like to do
during holidays, but for me, as a beginning chemistry addict, it was (to put it
simply) AWESOME.
This was also
the time, during which I became acquainted with organic chemistry apparatus. Acquainted
is a bit of exaggeration, since I had not much time to get to know every piece
of equipment, but I certainly realized that I have so much to learn.
(I got to
work with a thing called Rotary evaporator, which sounds much better than
polish “wyparka” – really silly name for such a nice piece of equipment. Still
I don’t entirely get how it works, so this will be a task for today.)
Maybe I
will cover some of the things I have done on the blog.
As for now, I will leave you (or better said –
myself) with some quote, which perhaps is not inspirational or very deep. But
this quote motivates to try to acquire knowledge through understanding, not
remembering. It was sad by, in my opinion, one of the wisest man in the history.
(which is a belief I held since Sunday, when I ended reading “Surely You're
Joking, Mr. Feynman!”) Now you all know, who I am talking (writing) about.
Ladies and gentlemen – Richard Phillips Feynman.
“I don't
know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding, they
learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!”
I hope
neither mine nor yours knowledge is fragile. Or, at least it won’t be. Someday.
sobota, 1 czerwca 2013
Do something!
Everyone is doing something.
I am doing something as well. Writting a blog to be more specific.
The polish chemistry addict's blog.
I am doing something as well. Writting a blog to be more specific.
The polish chemistry addict's blog.
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