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| Chemistry a volatile history : the power of the elements |
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Chemistry a volatile history: the power of the elements [videorecording] / British Broadcasting Company (BBC)
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| Genre/Form:
History
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| Credits:
Heinrich Diesbach produces the first synthetic paint ; Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wohler encounter isomerism ; Smithson Tennan discovers what diamonds are made of ; Archibald Scott Couper formulates the theory of chemical bonds ; Friedrich Kekule formulates the same theory of chemical bonds ; Wallace Carothers invents nylon ; Thomas Midgley Junior prevents engines from knocking ; Henry Becquerel discovers radioactivity ; Marie Curie investigates radioactivity ; Ernest Rutherford explains radioactivity ; Enrico Fermi claims to have made elements heavier than Uranium ; Otto Hahn disproves Fermi's claims ; Lise Meitner explains Fermi's work ; Edwin McMillian and Phillip Ableson create the first synthetic element ; GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research
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| Videorecording DVD 58 mins. |
| 1 videodisc ( approx. 58 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
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British Broadcasting Company (BBC) ,
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| Distributed by Aquarian |
| AV Material ID 1000015041 |
| Chemistry--History |
| Chemistry |
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