China – The Episodic Table of Elements

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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19. Potassium: An Undeserved Reputation

August 20, 2018

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Bananas, Biology, Botany, China, Gunpowder, Imperialism, Industrial Revolution, Poisons, Salts, South America

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There’s no avoiding discussing the banana in this episode, even though it really doesn’t deserve its strong association with Element 19.

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