Re: [gruesome joke] If your memory serves you well...

From: Mohammed Farooq (farooq_w_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/02/04


Date: 2 Jul 2004 14:04:55 -0700

Dirk wrote

>> Why isn't there any famous example of physicist turned chemist?
Often
>> the contrary is observed in the history of chemistry!

>We have our pride.
>You have your shame.

Nope! This is an indication a chemists CAN become physicists with
little efforts while the contrary is not true for physicists. Do you
consider chemistry as a subset of physics?



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