Alchemy – The Episodic Table of Elements

91. Protactinium: Decolonize Science

October 19, 2022

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Agriculture, Alchemy, Dmitri Mendeleev, Eugenics, George Washington Carver, Imperialism, Kasimir Fajans, Lise Meitner, Multiple Discovery, Otto Gohring, Otto Hahn, Ronald Ross

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Sometimes we need a quiet moment in order to step back and look at the bigger picture.

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56. Barium: Glow-Getter

March 9, 2020

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Alchemy, Computers, Electricity, Electronics, Humphry Davy, John Fleming, Lee de Forest, Medicine, Nuclear Weapons, Thomas Edison

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When you really want to suck all the air out of a room, barium will help you out.

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51. Antimony: Can You Return An Inheritance?

December 16, 2019

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Alchemy, Basilius Valentinus, China, Dioscorides, Egypt, Etymology, Jons Jacob Berzelius, Medicine, Mozart, Murder, Numismatics, Paracelsus, Pliny the Elder, Poisons, William J. Robinson

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It’s like an Everlasting Gobstopper, but Willy Wonka is a fratricidal German monk.

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50. Tin: Your Metal Pal Who’s Fun To Be With

November 25, 2019

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Alchemy, Allotropes, Alloys, Astronomy, Crystal Structure, Etymology, Food, France, Napoleon, Nicolas Appert, Numismatics, Oxidation, Preservation, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott, Russia

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We’ve palled around with tin for thousands of years, but you should know that it’s a fair-weather friend.

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