Science Interests on the Web Science Interests on the Web Science is one way of many of looking at the world, in particular, that the world is orderly, observable, and regular. If our observations about the world conflict with an established theory, then we toss out the theory and scratch our heads to come up with a new one. We don't toss out the observations, unless we are sure that they were taken in a flawed manner. We contrast this with other philosophies of the world in which facts or opinions are unchangeable and unalterable, even when observations conflict. If you think we scientists have no sense of humor, check out the chemistry jokes available on the Web.
Physical chemistry attempts to explain chemical processes via known laws of physics.
I have worked in the areas of laser spectroscopy, semiconductors, corrosion chemistry, and surface science. Unfortunately most scientists don't properly appreciate that science is a gradually unfolding process of discovery, failure and success. Science has a history , with its own heroes, saints, and even relics. In the Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence is the middle finger of Galileo , commenting to those on how he was denied burial in the Basilica di Santa Croce nearby. I have been studying how scientists discarded their beliefs in Vitalism, that living matter is somehow beyond the normal purview of science, in the mid-nineteenth century.