Thank You, Doctor
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This is from memory, so I may be wrong! The classic example I think is "Dr Richard Grimes" - Ok, yeah he has written a number of books that have been helpful (although I do find his style not as clean as some others, but he does jump on topics quickly), but I believe his PhD is in Chemistry!! Okay, so he 'deserves' the Dr at the start of the name, but it is kind of false advertising when it is used on computer articles/books. Have fun, Paul Westcott.
The best computer programs for chemestry that I've seen so far were written by chemists!
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The best computer programs for chemestry that I've seen so far were written by chemists!
Fair enough. I agree that a programmer must be aware of the program domain. In fact, programming is often the easy part - understanding what you need to program is a different matter. But what about the best programs NOT for chemistry? "Dr" Richard Grimes doesn't (appear) to write chemistry software! Have fun, Paul Westcott.
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I like something Dr Gui wrote in one of his articles in the MSDN library. "I'm not a real Dr. But I sure know a lot of herbal remedies." I am more impressed with someone that can explain their ideas so that they are easy to understand, and their ideas are new and interesting, not the title they hold. My Uncle just retired from Head of Robotics at Caimbridge. He was given a PHD while he held the position. Goes to show that not everyone has to earn them. Being friends with the right people also helps a lot to getting a lot of things in this world. :)
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The best computer programs for chemestry that I've seen so far were written by chemists!
I don't know that many chemists who ended up in chemistry, most tended to get into finance and / or computing. Only the very bright (who could get decent funding to live on!) or the very poor (who couldn't get a job) stayed on to do PhD's. Hand's up chemists out there??? ATL Student :rolleyes: