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anyone who had an intro biology course in college would know....If I remember correctly, van der waals are present in the hydrogen bonds linking nucleotides in DNA, a subject covered in most general bio classes. Its a great idea, I would climb (or at least try to climb) the route just because of its name.

So we ask for grade approval for fear of being called a sandbagger or being accused of bolting over our head. Now we have to ask for route name permission as well. Thanks for the heads up.

Cool name, by the way.

I am taking an intro biology class right now and we never talked about van der waal's forces. oh wait, I am taking it at Jefferson Community College and my teacher is an absolute dipshit. And who knows, she may have talked about it but I only go to class on test days.

JRTrash wrote:anyone who had an intro biology course in college would know....If I remember correctly, van der waals are present in the hydrogen bonds linking nucleotides in DNA, a subject covered in most general bio classes. Its a great idea, I would climb (or at least try to climb) the route just because of its name.

You're more likely to hear about van der Waals in chemistry class, but you're right about the hydrogen bonding. That is an example of a van der Waals force. van der Waals forces are weak forces between molecules, like H-bonds and electrostatic (+ to -) attractions/repulsions. They are far weaker than covalent bonds that link atoms together within a molecule.

(Admittedly I had to double check this in my chemistry texts. I "knew" what they were but wanted to double check so as not to look like an ass. Now I just look like a nerd and I can deal with that.)

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Dorks are cool only because physics jokes are so funny.

It's a cool name. I knew van der waals were an attractive force but I didn't remember any details. I didn't know what Duputyren's Release meant, but I thought it was cool when I found out.

What's cool is it was just discovered a year or two ago that it is how geckos can adhere to such smooth surfaces.

duputyren's release was the wife's idea, seeing she is a hand therapist.

Seemed too smart for you. Whose idea was van der waals attraction?