NMR OF NATURES PLASTICS AND SPIDERS WEBS - CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, OR BIOLOGY

Science is often divided into boxes with labels such as 'Chemistry','Physics', or 'Biology'; inside the Chemistry box are smaller boxes 'Organic', 'Inorganic', or 'Physical'. But is this the way science should carried out? Do scientists always start with a clear question and then solve it in a logical manner? This article explores these questions, using as a case history the author's accidental discoveries, wrong conclusions, and outrageous NMR experiments in exploring the behaviour of PHB inside cells and of spider's web elasticity.