Mmm, Sausage: Solving the Conundrum of Carbon

Chances are, you’re not like me: you cringe when someone says the word “chemistry.” Your memory of it vaguely harkens back to an undergrad class whose knowledge you flushed once you finished the final. That’s okay — my goal for this series is to change that paradigm, make it understandable to all, and provide some entertainment.

We previously discussed the hot mess that is chemical combination (aka “bonding”) theory for organic molecules in the 19th century — it was all over the place. Further, it became quite heated between factions of different…