The Episodic Table of Elements – Page 22 – A podcast about the fascinating true stories behind each element on the periodic table.

30. Zinc: The Lecture Circuit

January 28, 2019

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Alessandro Volta, American Civil War, Andrew Ure, Benjamin Franklin, Biology, Electricity, Electrolysis, Frankenstein, George Forster, Giovanni Aldini, India, Italy, Karl Weinhold, Literature, Lucia Galvani, Luigi Galvani, Mary Shelley, Pharmaceuticals, Primo Levi, Sculpture, Women In Science

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Learn about some of Italy’s most renowned chemists and how they inspired a most gruesome quest to conquer death.

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29. Copper: Wires Crossed

January 14, 2019

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Communications, Douglass Houghton, Electricity, Erie Canal, Geography, Geology, Imperialism, Medicine, Michigan, Mining, Numismatics, Ohio, Painting, Samuel Morse, Stevens T. Mason, Sweden, Toledo

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We get lost in the woods with a couple of little guys in today’s episode, and learn about a lesser-known American Civil War.

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28. Nickel: Face Value

December 31, 2018

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American Civil War, Axel Cornstedt, Georg Brandt, Joseph Stalin, Joseph Wharton, Norilsk, Numismatics, Satan, Spencer Clark

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From religion to money to politics, nickel finds itself at the center of all kinds of awkward conversations.

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27. Cobalt: Mischief Managed

December 17, 2018

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Albert Einstein, Chien-Shiung Wu, Fallout, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Georg Brandt, Leo Szilard, Magnetism, Medicine, Mining, Mythology, Nobel Prizes, Nuclear Weapons, Parity, Radioactivity, Symmetry, Wolfgang Pauli, Women In Science, World War II

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Cobalt is a tricksy little element, which means the scientists who’ve dealt with it the most are some of the cleverest people to have ever walked the Earth.

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