Scientific Pub Names

So on the walk back from the Cat and Fiddle that night (the night described in the previous post), as a result of a question from someone (I forgot who) about it, I got to thinking about the naming patterns for pubs in the UK. There's an awful lot of pairs of things. In fact there are two of them in the previous post.... "The Cock and Bull", "The Cat and Fiddle", and there are several other well known ones like "The Dog and Duck", "Rose and Crown", "Fox and Hounds", "Swan and Three Signets" (ok, that's four). It's also in newly made up names for chains, like "The Slug and Lettuce", "The Hedgehog and Hogshead" (I love that one....) Notice that there's often a sort of adversarial character to the pairing, which is rather nice...... There's also possessive-type names like "The King's Arms", "The Nag's Head", etc. Those can be good too. So on the way back from a cancelled concert just now (see previous post), I got to thinking..... In that topsy-turvy universe about which I plan to write a book or a screenplay one day, where the everyday popular culture is all based around science and scientists, the pub names might also reflect that. So what would be some good names for pubs, coming from science? I thought of a few really lame ones, but did not get any truly good ones. Then, I thought it might be a game you'd like to join in! Let's try to make it challenging by having the names be in the traditional pub-type formats, such as those above. Here are a few, off the top of my head: The Particle and Wave The Action and Reaction Those fit the adversarial idea ok, but I just don't like 'em very much, frankly. I'm surprised how hard it is to think of good ones, but that might be because I've not had any dinner. Maybe it's because I'm trying to put concepts together. How about some scientific instruments? The Astrolabe and Compass. Ooo! I like that... not quite adversaries, but a nice pairing with lots of history and the smell of damp leather. Always a good thing. Let me try another.... The Microscope and Spyglass. Less good. Swapped Telescope out for the latter. Seemed better. But not a real success. The Crucible and Calipers Ha! That's better on a second reading than I first thought. The Mortar and Pestle Of course! That's nice. So nice there must be a pub named that already, no? If not, remember me what you steal the name.... Moving away from instruments for a moment, I just thought of: The Glass and Crystal Hmmm, interesting name. That takes a bit of explaining. Those are actually adversaries in a sense. One is disordered at the microscopic level and is in some senses is rather more like a liquid than a solid (there's a long discussion to be had here..... second vs first order phase transition upon forming,..... etc etc...), while the other's molecules are highly ordered. The Cryostat and Furnace That could be a fun one.... Ok, I'd better do some work now. I'm pretty sure that you can do better with this theme than I have. Have a go. -cvj