In reading the Alan Alda, Spokesman for Science article, I found myself making connections through the ‘decision’ of to be interested in science or not. Growing up, both inside and out of school, it seemed the favorite question was to ask was ‘what’s your favorite subject?’ I would typically respond with the response ‘math’ and ‘art;’ however, as I got older, the response to this became, ‘oh, so you like science as well?’ The underlying fact was that I liked some science; however, thought that you either liked math and science or creativity, history, literature, and arts. This very clear distinction deterred me, as Alda says did for him as well; however, his scientific interests remained present through his choice of artistic ‘expression’ in his leisurely literature selections. I believe there should be more TV shows and media outlets such as Robert Deyes’ Poem, The Hierarchical Life, and Professor Radhakrishnan’s poetry that are both entertaining and informative.
This past section also introduced the various reactions with different combinations of polar and non-polar elements. ‘Like dissolves like,’ meaning that polar dissolves polar and non-polar dissolves non-polar. This saying expanded on the simple understanding that various atoms don’t mix with others which results in the ‘layered’ appearance of certain combinations. I now understand that the reason behind the layers is that atoms of variant polarities want to have the least amount of exposure with each other and the ‘layered’ effect is the most minimizing solution.