A cute description of how soap works

January

A cute description of how soap works

We here at the Beauty Brains have previously described the chemistry of surfactants.

But here’s a cute story from the Science Creative Quarterly about a chemistry professor who explains how soap and surfactants work to his 3-year old daughter. So, how many of you could relate to the daughter? Sometimes we chemists get a bad rep for being high-brow. And why did they make the chemist a Dad. Don’t they know that Mom’s are chemists too?

2 Responses to “A cute description of how soap works”

thebeautybrains Says:

Nice job on this one, Left Brain! I laughed my butt off when I read this. Kids say the darndest things!
Stephen McNeil Says:

Well, there’s no “they”. There’s me. And I made the chemist a dad because… um… I *am* a dad. I suppose in support of mom chemists everywhere that I could have changed my gender when I transcribed the conversation, but I was towelling off in the shower at the time, so I don’t think I would have fooled anybody.