Petr Slavicek
@petrslavicek.bsky.social
physical and computational chemist with interest in photochemistry, radiation chemistry and X-ray technologies
My dentist asked about the patron saint of chemists, and embarrassingly, I didn’t know. Turns out, it’s Albertus Magnus, likely the discoverer of arsenic. Canonized in 1931, named patron in 1941, centuries after his 1280 death. Not sure what he did in the meantime. Ready for my next dentist visit!
January 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My dentist asked about the patron saint of chemists, and embarrassingly, I didn’t know. Turns out, it’s Albertus Magnus, likely the discoverer of arsenic. Canonized in 1931, named patron in 1941, centuries after his 1280 death. Not sure what he did in the meantime. Ready for my next dentist visit!