Oxford University is justly famous for its lovely green campus .
How ironic then, that its Nobel winning slash failed efforts to produce wartime penicillin was actually an attempt to produce a form of AstroTurf - organic (chemistry) penicillin , as synthetic as plastic greenery.
Lessons for climate saving un-superheroes from Janus Manhattan '45. The MANHATTAN nuclear PROJECT worked against Nature, causing (rather than preventing) environmental disaster. The MANHATTAN penicillin PROJECT worked with Nature, giving humanity a lasting boon.
Showing posts with label organic chemistry. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
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