Product Review

Up until cable television came along, chemistry was not a strong plotline for entertainment. We had plenty of cop shows, doctor shows, lawyer shows, shows about friends, even shows about nothing - but shows about science just didn't draw an audience. Then along came shows such as Mythbusters and Breaking Bad. Suddenly chemistry was a hot show topic, but perhaps not in the way scientists might have liked. For as much as we liked the shows, it's pretty clear that Walter White, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman have set back the chemistry profession by a few hundred years.