Astronomy – The Episodic Table of Elements

46. Palladium: The Old Razzle Dazzle

September 23, 2019

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Astronomy, Automobiles, Cold Fusion, Etymology, Martin Fleischmann, Movie Science, Music, New York City, Nuclear Power, Platinum Group, Poetry, Protocol, Richard Chenevix, Stanley Pons, William Hyde Wollaston

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Those people who’ve been involved with palladium’s history seem to harbor a dubious predilection for stretching the truth.

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14. Silicon: Tool Of All Trades

May 28, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy, Atomic Bonding, Biology, Computers, Electronics, Galileo Galilei, Glass, Isaac Newton, Italy, Marine Biology, Prehistory, Rome, Science Fiction, Television

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From prehistoric times right through today, our hand-held tools have been made of silicon.

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9. Fluorine: Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright

March 19, 2018

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Andre-Marie Ampere, Astronomy, Atomic Structure, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Dmitri Mendeleev, Edmund Fremy, Etymology, Fritz Haber, George Gore, Georgius Agricola, Gilbert Lewis, Henri Moissan, Humphry Davy, Ions, Isaac Newton, Jerome Nickles, Knox Brothers, Mineralogy, Multiple Discovery, NASA, Nobel Prizes, Oxidation, Paulin Louyet, Pharmaceuticals, Pliny the Elder, Poisons, Pollution, Radioactivity

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Just try to tally the body count behind the periodic table’s most reactive element, and learn why you should drink it.

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2. Helium: Above All That

January 15, 2018

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Annie Besant, Astronomy, Atomic Bonding, Atomic Structure, Glass, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Multiple Discovery, Norman Lockyer, Nuclear Weapons, Occultism, Pierre Janssen, Spectroscopy, The Big Bang

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This week, we try to interact with helium, even though it really doesn’t want to. Plus, we explore the occult side of chemistry, as described by the theosophists.

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