Comment by nhebb
14 years ago
This is why the only lab I enjoyed was in Materials Science. The goal of the labs was never to try to get the data to match some pre-defined equation. Instead, the goal was to test materials and interpret the results. Plus, we got to break stuff. :)
As a materials science major, this comment made me smile. All my labs at Carnegie Mellon were like that, it was(is) great. We just take a bunch of materials and then argue which one would be the best choice. The only time I had to produce results was when we synthesized a known superconducting structure and just had to show that it superconducted (how strongly wasn't important). Good times that sound much better than people's experiences in physics and chemistry. Vindication!