tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post3761847344559496703..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Angela Merkel, scientistChemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-59076065591788218552014-11-26T11:58:34.097-05:002014-11-26T11:58:34.097-05:00At first I read "Across from a Stasi barracks...At first I read "Across from a Stasi barracks" as "Across from a Starbucks" and thought, "That's not too bad".Wavefunctionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-43127163257324289582014-11-25T12:40:54.726-05:002014-11-25T12:40:54.726-05:00Another on the rollcall of former chemists scienti...Another on the rollcall of former chemists scientists turned politicians.<br /><br />I wonder if the numbers are above or below averages?<br /><br />Off the top of my head, former chemists include:<br /><br />Margaret Thatcher (ex UK Prime Minister, part of the Dorothy Hodgkins family tree - I saw a cool female nobel lauretes graphic the other day but can't find it now)<br />Jack Cunningham (former UK Labor party cabinet party member, now member of the House of Lords - the UK upper house. Interesting, a fellow alumni of mine and he spoke at one of our university chemical society meetings - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling)<br />Marion Barry, recently deceased formr mayor of Washington DC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry)<br />Angela Merkel<br /><br />And then I found this: https://www.evi.com/q/which_chemists_have_also_been_politicians@KayakPhiliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07708959305241645874noreply@blogger.com