Etymology – Page 2 – The Episodic Table of Elements

7. Nitrogen: Taking The Good With The Bad

February 19, 2018

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Adolf Hitler, Agriculture, Alfred Nobel, Belgium, Biology, Clara Immerwahr, Ernest Rutherford, Etymology, Fritz Haber, Germany, Gilbert Lewis, Guano, Pharmaceuticals, Poisons, Robert Bunsen, Women In Science, World War I, World War II

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Today we meet one man who’s responsible for the death of millions — and the survival of billions.

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4. Beryllium: The Modern Sisyphus

January 29, 2018

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Enrico Fermi, Etymology, Italy, IUPAC, Labor, Los Alamos, Mineralogy, Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin, Nuclear Weapons, Pliny the Elder, Rome, United States

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As we try to dive deep into beryllium, we discover its irritating tendency to send us back to the beginning.

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1. Hydrogen: Close To The Sun

January 8, 2018

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Adolf Hitler, American Civil War, Antoine Lavoisier, Astronomy, Atomic Structure, Classical Elements, Edwin Hubble, Electrolysis, Etymology, Germany, Joseph Goebbels, Mythology, NASA, Nazis, Periodic Table, Space Exploration, Theodore Gray, United States, World War II

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As we investigate our first element, we’ll meet warring balloonists, witness mass media’s first major tragedy, and see how the tiniest mistake can cost a lot of money. Plus, we’ll try to pin down where hydrogen belongs on the periodic table.

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