• Question: do you prefer chemistry or biology

    Asked by katieh to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Vijay, Will on 8 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by nkjones, josieb123, gigglebot4.
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      Vijay Yadav answered on 8 Jun 2012:


      I love both as I am a biochemist. A combination of the two areas.

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      Sarah Martin answered on 8 Jun 2012:


      I dropped chemistry when I was 15, as we had to drop one science, and carried on with physics and biology. I wish I’d done more chemistry now, because a lot of chemistry is relevant when doing research in biology, but I definitely prefer biology, although both can be smelly!

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      Amy Birch answered on 8 Jun 2012:


      At school I preferred chemistry because I loved working out reactions & I was lucky to be good at it, & I didn’t enjoy biology because I found it hard to remember all the different things. But in my job now I look at physiology – which has both biology & chemistry in it, so when you put them together they are definitely much better than on their own.

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      Will Reynolds answered on 8 Jun 2012:


      Hi Katieh, definitely chemistry! I didn’t like biology at school so I haven’t done any since my GCSE’s but the area of chemistry I am working in is closely related to biology so I might have to learn some when I finish my PhD and get a job!

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      Karen Reed answered on 8 Jun 2012:


      BIOLOGY. I did both at A level and struggled with chemisty but I’ve always loved Biology. That said, there are some bits of biology that I find a bit dull like taxonomy (grouping animals) was tedious

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