"It's chemistry, not electronics", notes a commenter in this fascinating Straight Dope thread.
“‘chemistry,’ in television history, generally means the man does not want to work with the woman,” Curry has reportedly said.
Hopefully, it will be a little more gracious in delivery than the chemistry teacher we love to hate is capable of.
They learned to measure and count in better ways, and cracked the codes of physics, chemistry, and biology.
The lines—by both actors—are delivered as if they were read from an off-camera teleprompter, and the chemistry is non-existent.
One of the most remarkable phenomena of chemistry is that of isomerism.
They surely can do this if they are imbued with the spirit of the forefathers—the American spirit in chemistry.
He became specially interested in chemistry, to which in 1797 he began more exclusively to devote himself.
And what royalty does the discoverer get for this wonder of chemistry?
chemistry was for them a branch of natural science; of late years it has too much tended to degenerate into a handicraft.
chemistry chem·is·try (kěm'ĭ-strē)
n.
Abbr. chem.
The science of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter, especially of atomic and molecular systems.
The composition, structure, properties, and reactions of a substance.
noun
Feelings between persons; attractions and repulsions, but mainly attractions: Miss McElderry feels the unusual chemistry between her and Mr Pfeiffer has been beneficial/ He also struck up what one aide calls ''instant chemistry'' with US Secretary of State George Shultz