Medicine – Page 3 – The Episodic Table of Elements

47. Silver: Our Own Image

October 14, 2019

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Atomic Energy Commission, Glass, Johann Heinrich Schulze, Justus von Liebig, Kenneth Nichols, Kodak, Leslie Groves, Medicine, Nuclear Weapons, Oak Ridge National Labs, Photography, Pliny the Elder, Psychology, South America

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Silver is more than just a precious metal. It’s also a reflection of ourselves.

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45. Rhodium: The Most Precious Metal

September 9, 2019

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Anatomy, Biology, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Medicine, Platinum Group, Precious Metals, William Hyde Wollaston

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For some people, rhodium’s most important aspect is its high price. For others, it’s absolutely priceless.

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43. Technetium: Naturally Synthetic

August 12, 2019

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Carlo Perrier, Dmitri Mendeleev, Emilio Segre, Ernest Lawrence, Etymology, Fission, Gabon, Germany, Ida Tacke, Italy, Medicine, Nuclear Power, Oklo, Otto Berg, Particle Accelerators, Synthetic Elements, Walter Noddack

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It’s only after we gave up searching for this element that we found it out in the universe.

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29. Copper: Wires Crossed

January 14, 2019

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Communications, Douglass Houghton, Electricity, Erie Canal, Geography, Geology, Imperialism, Medicine, Michigan, Mining, Numismatics, Ohio, Painting, Samuel Morse, Stevens T. Mason, Sweden, Toledo

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We get lost in the woods with a couple of little guys in today’s episode, and learn about a lesser-known American Civil War.

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