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Chemistry Documentary

mr.crow - 31-5-2010 at 15:45

Here is an awesome video about chemistry and the history of science http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/chemistry-volatile-history/

He does experiments with phosphorus, mercury, potassium, etc like they did in the 1800s

hissingnoise - 1-6-2010 at 02:05

Professor Al-Kali tossing reactive metals like potassium into water. . .
And you know his brother is the illustrious Professor Al- Kemi!


franklyn - 2-6-2010 at 08:45

Quote: Originally posted by mr.crow  
Chemistry Documentary


The entire program is available as a 700 MB download here _

BBC - Chemistry - A Volatile History
http://www.zshare.net/download/7174055143859870

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Another worthwhile to watch _

- A T O M - Illusion of Reality
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/atom-tim
Also here _
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1406370011028154810...

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mr.crow - 2-6-2010 at 14:40

Cool, downloading. BBC makes good stuff

All the great chemists died before their discoveries really took off :(

franklyn - 15-6-2010 at 03:06

Chemistry A Vvolatile History
The three parts of the series , 700 MB each

Discovering the Elements - Pt 1
http://www.zshare.net/download/71440056e1eae21f

Order of the Elements - Pt 2
http://www.zshare.net/download/71820559cbf95d4a

Power of the Elements - Pt 3
http://www.zshare.net/download/7217398762441c7e


Be patient it will take 1 hour & 30 min to download each part

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Reduce-Me - 15-6-2010 at 11:56

Watched the whole thing. Pretty awesome.