Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
“Chemistry is inseparable from life—by its very definition, chemistry is life. But like your pie, life requires a strong base. In your home, you are that base. It is an enormous responsibility, the most undervalued job in the world that, nonetheless, holds everything together.” Even love is scientific. It is based on three things - oxytocin, dopamine and serotonin. Most things in life can be proven against a theory... except for how life unfolds. Life for Elizabeth Zott was anything but a proven theory. It was hard. It was difficult. It was based on social constructs. But, she walked through it all like a boss. Elizabeth Zott was not supposed to be in an era which she was in. The early 1960s were brutal and hypocritical. It was truly a man's world then. And to be a strong, independent, rebellious woman in this man's world was certainly calling for trouble. Zott was a chemist at a well-known research institute. But she only ends up fighting for her "rights" there to ...