How are chemists different from and similar to scientists - Chemists - Why Is Milk White?: & 200 Other Curious Chemistry Questions (2013)

Why Is Milk White?: & 200 Other Curious Chemistry Questions (2013)

9. Chemists

How are chemists different from and similar to scientists?

Chemists are scientists. Chemistry is a branch of science, so anyone who practices chemistry is doing science.

The study of chemistry involves many parts of other sciences, so in some senses chemists also are sometimes physicists, physicians, biologists, sociologists, economists, mathematicians, astronomers, geneticists, or ecologists. For the same reasons, many scientists in fields other than chemistry end up doing a lot of chemistry. Medical scientists, geologists, botanists, meteorologists, volcanologists, mineralogists, and oceanographers all frequently use chemistry in what they do.

Science is a systematic approach to obtaining knowledge. It can be applied to anything. The scientific method has four parts:

· Observing and measuring

· Forming a hypothesis

· Making a prediction

· Testing the hypothesis

If you apply the scientific method to find out where you left your socks, you are doing science.