The Science of Life

Hello, my name is K. "Alan" Eister (though you've probably gathered that by now). I have an AS in Chemistry from the College of Southern Nevada. I am also a Las Vegas slam poet of close to 8 years. I have never been on the national slam team, but I have come close. Here, I will attempt to combine the two and Help people see the beauty of chemistry. As far as I know (though, I cannot be too sure about this), there is no one that is taking on putting chemistry in the public eye. The most popular theme in putting science in the public eye is doing so through astronomy, which I understand. Astronomy is seen as the most beautiful (and most poetic) science. It is also the science that can be most easily done at home; the materials obtained for amateur astronomy very easily obtained, while the materials for amateur chemistry and biology are not. Chemistry is also beautiful. I will take aspects of the reality around you to help show this. I will start off very general, and will...

Starting this blog with a poem seems appropriate, since I am a poet.  The second post will be my introduction post. :) These Magic Little Things Who am I? This is what she wants to know. Because I have shielded myself from her that thoroughly that well. So I look at her, deep in her eyes, and I tell her this: “When you were first told about these strange little things called atoms, you can't quite comprehend their existence. Something that small, with so much empty space. And when they come together, magical things can happen. And that you are made of these magical things. Everything that makes you... you. Made of these magical little things. “Well, ever since I was a small boy, before anyone ever told me of these strange little atoms and the magical things they do, I could feel them inside of me. Tiny little molecules in my veins, reacting at the lungs with other molecules, flowing through my veins until they get to the muscles and orga...