English 
Polish Chemistry with fun
Berzelius’ laboratory was surrounded by mystery. One journalist, striving to find out what was going on in there, decided to interview Berzelius’ maid, Anne.
– What does your Master do in his laboratory every single day?
– First thing in the morning I fetch him various powders, crystals, liquids and other chemicals from the cupboard.
– And what does he do with them?
– He puts it all into a huge utensil.
– And then?
– Then he spills it into a smaller one.
– And?
– And then he spills it all out into a bucket and I empty it into a sink.
Professor Hideki Shirakawa (who was one of the three 2000 Noble Prize winners for research of conductive polymers) had a Korean student working in his laboratory. Professor Shirakawa told him to synthesise a polymer. The student, whose Japanese was rather poor, made a small mistake and during the polymer synthesis he added 1000 times more catalyst than the directions suggested. A product of this reaction was a metallically shining substance, instead of the usual black and shapeless one. Professor Shirakawa took interest in this product and… in the year 2000 he was awarded a Nobel Prize for the research conducted on it and its derivatives. The Korean student probably didn’t get anything.
A chemist is a person who develops a general theory from rather approximate formulas derived from doubtful presumptions based on suspicious tables presenting the results obtained on the basis of ambiguous experiments conducted by means of inaccurate equipment.
Berzelius’ laboratory was surrounded by mystery. One journalist, striving to find out what was going on in there, decided to interview Berzelius’ maid, Anne.
– What does your Master do in his laboratory every single day?
– First thing in the morning I fetch him various powders, crystals, liquids and other chemicals from the cupboard.
– And what does he do with them?
– He puts it all into a huge utensil.
– And then?
– Then he spills it into a smaller one.
– And?
– And then he spills it all out into a bucket and I empty it into a sink.
Professor Hideki Shirakawa (who was one of the three 2000 Noble Prize winners for research of conductive polymers) had a Korean student working in his laboratory. Professor Shirakawa told him to synthesise a polymer. The student, whose Japanese was rather poor, made a small mistake and during the polymer synthesis he added 1000 times more catalyst than the directions suggested. A product of this reaction was a metallically shining substance, instead of the usual black and shapeless one. Professor Shirakawa took interest in this product and… in the year 2000 he was awarded a Nobel Prize for the research conducted on it and its derivatives. The Korean student probably didn’t get anything.
A chemist is a person who develops a general theory from rather approximate formulas derived from doubtful presumptions based on suspicious tables presenting the results obtained on the basis of ambiguous experiments conducted by means of inaccurate equipment.