PEOPLE : Is It Love or Is It Chemistry?
What on Earth could a research chemist from New Jersey, a retired astronomer from Vancouver, a Texas molecular cytogeneticist and a Washington psychopharmacologist possibly have in common?
If you guessed that they know the difference between a proton and a neutron, you’re only half right. They are scientists, but they are scientists in search of that most unscientific thing of all: love.
They are members of Science Connection, a dating service developed by Anne Lambert, an Ontario, Canada, biologist.
For $60 a year, a land reclamation specialist from Illinois can meet the NIH section chief of his dreams. But you need not be an MIT-oid to apply; science dabblers are welcome too.
So far, the year-old group boasts 580 members in the United States and Canada--California leads with 84.
Says Lambert: “We felt that people who are interested in science have a lot in common. There’s something about science people. They tend to be reserved. They like to be with their own group.â€
Besides, who else could fully appreciate this personal ad from a member in Michigan: “40, D, 5’10â€. Systems mathematician doing research in the modeling of economic, manufacturing, agricultural & ecological systems. . . .â€
Science Connection, P.O. Box 188, Youngstown, N.Y. 14174 or call (800) 667-5179.
