Dmitri Mendeleev – The Episodic Table of Elements

9. Fluorine: Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright

March 19, 2018

6:00 am

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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 it’s good for your health.

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0. Everything The Light Touches

January 1, 2018

6:00 am

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Alexandre-Emile Beguyer de Chancourtois, Dmitri Mendeleev, France, IUPAC, John Newlands, Lothar Meyer, Multiple Discovery, Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Periodic Table, Russia, Theodor Benfey

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In this episode, learn how Dmitri Mendeleev overcame a difficult childhood to become known as the Father of the Periodic Table.

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