Waxing Philosophically on Chemistry

So, I'm relatively new to the blogging scene in general, let alone anything involving chemistry.  Recently,  Scientific American (Twitter: @sciam) released their lineup of excellent and engaging bloggers, of which three are chemists.  Glen Ernst (@geernst),  who I've followed on Twitter, linked an excellent response to the relatively small number of chemists represented here.  I'm going to do a little bit of disclaiming here, so in my usual fashion, I'll insert a picture:

Seriously, how cute is this?

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I'm by no means an excellent blogger, nor would I ever hope to grace the e-paper of a blog like Scientific American, but I feel the goal of my blog is in line with some of the critiques given by the author of the blog in his posting.  I want to make Chemistry accessible to everyone, all over the world.  Granted, given the relatively new nature of my blog, I have to start somewhere, and atoms / electrons seem like a great place to start.  But is this not chemistry as well as physics, even biology?  Is there really a hard line that states "Beyond (insert definite science term) point, we are now speaking about physics."?  What defines us as chemists, or philosophers?  I feel these definitions are a little loose to some, but very strict to others.  There are new generations of chemists (myself included) that could be seen as physicists, or biologists, or nanomaterial specialists, or anything similar.

The point is, where do we begin?  Well, as I said before, the beginning always seems like a nice place.  You can't get to talking about a Hamiltonian and wave-functions without talking about wave-particle duality, which involves electrons.  Then you branch into bonding, molecules, experimentation, and everything explodes from there.  There are literally dozens of blogs that describe intimate details of chemical structure, with various nuances that even the most trained chemist might miss.  These are very important in the scientific community as well.  The exchange of ideas that occurs here is phenomenal, and should be promoted at every opportunity.

 Boom, Einstein!  Betcha didn't see that one coming.

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I'm aiming at  a light-hearted approach to science  with a literary style that is easy to understand, is accessible to a broad audience, and contains a chemistry twist.  Some might call my writing "juvenile" and comical, but if you end up talking about what's contained in my blog, then I have done my job.  I have gotten you interested, in one form or another, in how science works.  If I can invade your mind in that small way, maybe I can stick a piece of knowledge in there that will stay for a lifetime, and make you want more.