James Bond Finally Sponsors Int'l Year of Chemistry

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James Bond Finally Sponsors Int'l Year of Chemistry

Enrico Uva

Well, the end of the International Year of Chemistry is only 50 days away. Last week's "Marie Curie on stamps" event did not get anybody to fall off their chairs, and next week's Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry's (SETAC) IYC activities in Boston is unfortunately up against two Boston Bruins home games. But do not despair, the best is yet to come. No I'm not referring to the November 18^th Plastic and Rubber display in Barcelona, nor to the Night of Chemistry Carols outside of the Ferry Building in San Francisco. The really heart-throbbing event on the horizon is the new James Bond movie completely centered on chemistry. With such publicity, no longer will the pure science play second fiddle to physics.
Luckily for you, I've scanned a promotional poster:

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What about these:
http://excites.co.uk/#953618/International-Year-of-Chemistry-2011

John (not verified) | 11/12/11 | 22:28 PM

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Nice logos, but their selling job is no match for James Bond's potential energy.

Enrico Uva | 11/13/11 | 06:09 AM

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Is Timothy Dalton coming back as James Bond again? Now that's really good news! Or are you joking Enrico? You must be, now I'm disappointed. Wiki says the next Bond film is due November 2012 with Daniel Craig still playing Bond and the title will be 'Skyfall' :-

Skyfall, then known by the working title Bond 23, was suspended throughout 2010 because of MGM's financial troubles; however, following MGM's exit from bankruptcy on 21 December 2010, Bond 23 resumed pre-production and in January 2011 was officially given a release date of 9 November 2012 by MGM and the Broccoli family, with production scheduled to start in late 2011. Following speculation that the film would be titled "Skyfall" after a series of domain names were discovered to have been registered on behalf of Sony Pictures, the title was officially confirmed at a press conference on 3 November, 2011, fifty years to the day since Sean Connery was announced to be the first James Bond... the film's opening scenes would take place in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square and Duntrune Castle in Argyll, Scotland for the finale. Mendes confirmed that China would be featured in the film, with shooting scheduled to take place in Shanghai...

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Make love not war

Helen Barratt | 11/13/11 | 04:36 AM

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Skyfall. Makes sense. Whether the sky is falling is a far more popular topic than chemistry. Some day, in the very distant future, that may no longer be true.

Enrico Uva | 11/13/11 | 06:14 AM

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Skyfall. Makes sense. Whether the sky is falling is a far more popular topic than chemistry. Some day, in the very distant future, that may no longer be true.

Why would that be Enrico? Maybe Henny Penny will have had her day or do-it-yourself psychoactive drug kits will be for sale in Woollies or we will have genetically selected our offspring to be good at and interested in chemistry or we will have made huge advances in educational methodology?

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Make love not war

Helen Barratt | 11/13/11 | 14:46 PM

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or we will have genetically selected our offspring to be good at and interested in chemistry

I hope that's not what it will take! Unfortunately, there are people like James D. Watson who at times argue along such lines.

or we will have made huge advances in educational methodology?

Pedagogy, as respectable a craft as it may be, is a fact-free science. Better pedagogy makes a difference, but you would have far greater improvements if culture, industry and science education were all intertwined.

Enrico Uva | 11/13/11 | 18:18 PM