Sculpture – The Episodic Table of Elements

30. Zinc: The Lecture Circuit

January 28, 2019

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Alessandro Volta, American Civil War, Andrew Ure, Benjamin Franklin, Biology, Electricity, Electrolysis, Frankenstein, George Forster, Giovanni Aldini, India, Italy, Karl Weinhold, Literature, Lucia Galvani, Luigi Galvani, Mary Shelley, Pharmaceuticals, Primo Levi, Sculpture, Women In Science

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Learn about some of Italy’s most renowned chemists and how they inspired a most gruesome quest to conquer death.

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24. Chromium: I’ll Be Your Mirror

November 5, 2018

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Alloys, Architecture, Art Deco, Automobiles, Harley Earl, Industrial Design, Jeff Koons, New York City, Pollution, Sculpture, Star Trek

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It might be tempting to speed right on by, but it’s worth stopping for a moment to gaze at element 24.

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20. Calcium: Stone and Bone

September 10, 2018

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Biology, Cliffs of Dover, Concrete, Greece, Illumination, Indonesia, Italy, Michelangelo, Mythology, Pharmaceuticals, Rome, Sculpture, Shakespeare, Theater, Washington DC

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Stories of turning flesh to stone — and vice versa — are common in mythology. With calcium, we see how those same transitions can happen in the real world.

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