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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

What does James Bond have to do with Chemistry? Just everything!

So I watched Quantum of Solace (the new James Bond movie) last last weekend with my parents. While my parents were discussing how violent the new bond movies had become compared to the old Brosnan or Connery versions, I began thinking. What was I thinking about? Chemistry of course! Then suddenly, these two completely different ideas slammed together in my head like a truck full of chocolate and a truck full of peanut butter. What was the result? Only my James Bond chemistry conspiracy theory. I am sorry for any of the non chemistry people who will read the following and have no idea what I am talking about, but it needs to be said. First, the name Bond. Is that just a cool name or does it actually have to do with bonds of the sigma or pi variety. Second, in the Casino Royale movie, the bond girl's name is Vesper. Just a cool exotic name or do they really mean VSEPR(valence shell electron pair repulsion), an important theory to draw bonds in chemistry. Lastly, Quantum of Solace. Just a quirky title no one understands or do they really mean quantum as in quantum mechanics which also has to do with bonding and molecular shapes. I'm sure there are other similarly troubling examples of this but I am too lazy to find out. What's next? Will the next Bond film feature an evil German villain named Schrodinger or maybe a secret organization whose only symbol is a cryptic letter psi. Although come to think of it, this does sound like a pretty epic Bond movie. I'll probably watch it since I only go for the cool special effects anyways.




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