In Part 2 of our interview with Chris Coons, Unstable Isotope asks Mr. Coons to talk about how he will use his background in science to inform his decisions in the Senate.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_EoEESerAg[/youtube]
UI adds:
Not captured on video was a discussion we had about science and technology committees in the Senate (I suggested he request to be on one of those). He then related some funny anecdotes about having “only” a B.A. in chemistry (as opposed to a B.S.) and then we got into a real chemgeek discussion about Physical Chemistry (it’s the O…M…G… class in the chemistry curriculum) and about how when he was a T.A. for the p-chem lab he told his professor that thermodynamics doesn’t make sense and she told him “you’re perfect!” (Maybe this is only hilarious if you’re a chemist). Oh well, perhaps lg can weigh in on this conversation.