Nature Chemistry | The Sceptical Chymist

Singin’ in the … lab

In honor of a recent discovery of Andy Mitchinson’s secret talents (you’ll see…), I thought I’d check out what the internet had to tell me about that dangerous place known as the intersection of science and song. Everyone has heard some of the more common science-inspired songs (‘She blinded me with science’, or Kate and Ann McGarrigle’s charming NaCl), but I was also amazed to discover a vast array of normal songs that have been reappropriated as science teaching tools (here’s an example) and, even better, the Science Songwriter’s Association, a group of folks who just like singing about science. A quote from Feynman (below) indicates how they might have been inspired to not only write science songs but to band together against the void of science in song: 

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