Photography – The Episodic Table of Elements

54. Xenon: Ignoble Gas

February 10, 2020

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Art & Science, Atomic Structure, IBM, Ions, Movie Science, Neil Bartlett, Oxidation, Photography, Poetry, Russia, Sports, Surgery, Ultracold Experiments, William Ramsay

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Truly strange things start to happen when you breathe this rarefied air.

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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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34. Selenium: A Fit Of Heat And Light

March 25, 2019

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Alexander Graham Bell, Chester Carlson, Communications, Daniel Ellsberg, Electronics, Johannes Trithemius, Jons Jacob Berzelius, Martin Luther, Paracelsus, Pentagon Papers, Pharmaceuticals, Photography, Photophone, Printing Press, Telephone, Xerox

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Throughout history, copying information has been arduous, messy, and even dangerous — until one bored, depressed man figured out the secrets of selenium.

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12. Magnesium: White Light/White Heat

April 30, 2018

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Acids & Bases, Automobiles, Electrolysis, England, France, Humphry Davy, Illumination, Oxidation, Photography, Salts

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Magnesium makes for quite a fireworks display, whether inside your body or out.

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