Do you prefer chemistry, biology or physics?

Question: Do you prefer chemistry, biology or physics?
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  chemistry,
  education,
  preference
Asked by Leon teh Lion to Francesca, Laura, Matthew, Andrew, Rebecca on 7 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Sparky, Vicki, JimbobZ, E_kelleher, BeckyJadeR.
- Andrew McKinley answered on 7 Nov 2014:
  
  Going to university I almost flipped a coin between chemistry and physics, and really it was my chemistry teacher that made the difference.
  
  Ultimately I became a chemical physicist – that is I work on the boundary between chemistry and physics, and indeed my postdoctoral research was actually done in a physics department.
  
  Biology was the one i didn’t really ‘get’ at school. Can’t say why, I just didn’t click with it. That said of course, even though my research was in a physics department, it was there that I learned how to culture cells! (Yes, I worked with lasers and cells together!)
- Francesca Palombo answered on 8 Nov 2014:
  
  I am a physical chemist, so I prefer chemistry!
- Laura Schofield answered on 8 Nov 2014:
  
  Chemistry!!! I love watching reactions happen and there’s no other subject that will let me go into schools and set off dry ice canons!!
- Matthew Camilleri answered on 10 Nov 2014:
  
  This is the easiest question ever for me; Chemistry hands down. I never enjoyed studying physics, while I had clashed with my Biology teacher at A level cos she wanted me to become a doctor and from that point on I could never see Biology in a positive light again.
- Rebecca Ingle answered on 10 Nov 2014:
  
  I’m another chemical physicist so I guess my answer is obvious! I don’t really like studying biology directly but I often do use biologically relevant molecules (like my frog suncreen) in my work as understanding exactly how these systems function is very important.

Question: Do you prefer chemistry, biology or physics?

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