And d'you know what she did her degree dissertation on?
The Langmuir Trough Experiment - one of the most boring things in this whole wide world this side of Norah Jones.
Me? I was not really too into physical chemistry to tell the truth, I got into cyclohexylphosphene nickel (2) halides of all things - simply to disprove Cotton and Wilkinson 
Now? I'm a builder having disgarded the life of a BBC sound engineer, where cables were only directional in terms of where a male and female plug would fit 
After all, as has been said earlier, it's all AC FFS!
But if folks want to spend their money I'd prefer it to be on the latest wizzbang-one-way cable than giving a penny to Will Young and his Satanic Hordes!