Comments on: Francium Goes to Hollywood

Francium Goes to Hollywood

Kronos_to_Earth — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:33:18 -0800

"Welcome to the "Periodic Table of Videos". Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version will have a short video about each one."(YT subscription) (via kottke)

By: DU

DU — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:40:13 -0800

I was thinking about posting this, but I wanted to watch more than 2 to make sure it was really Worthwhile. Because Our Standards Are So High. alsoi'mlazy

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:49:05 -0800

"Hassium. I know nothing about Hassium. Shall we make something up?" This is really awesome.

By: jazon

jazon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:59:05 -0800

And in a more musical vein: George Hrab presents via the Geologic Podcast Occasional Songs for the Periodic Table (lyrics)

By: fantabulous timewaster

fantabulous timewaster — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:20:48 -0800

Hassium has an isotope with a lifetime of an hour, and several with tens of minutes! That's astonishingly long for a superheavy element. This paper claims that hassium's chemistry is "like osmium" from observing seven atoms. I think it's safe to say that no one knows anything about hassium. So: very informative! These seem like fun guys.

By: 5MeoCMP

5MeoCMP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:35:39 -0800

I've been watching these for the past few days, off and on. Most excellent! That mad scientist hair really grows on you (ah-hahaha)

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:13:33 -0800

This is good.

By: tinkertown

tinkertown — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:04:20 -0800

Speaking as someone who used to drool over the big color pictures of each element in the 1960s Time-Life book "Matter", this is great.

By: sebastienbailard

sebastienbailard — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:36:31 -0800

Iron Sulphur Calcium

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:30:21 -0800

Debbie Kays is a lecturer in inorganic chemistry at the University of Nottingham. She admits to loving boron! The world needs more people like Debbie.

By: Miko

Miko — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:59:42 -0800

I dig it!

By: kcds

kcds — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:27:47 -0800

Mad props on the title.

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:08:37 -0800

This just moves my little chemistry nerd heart. I love listening to people talk about each element like it has a personality. I reminds me of the way that some design nerds talk about specific colors like they're alive. I've been spending a little time everyday memorizing things that have nothing to do with my job just to keep my brain sharp. I've had some fun memorizing the names of the Shipping Forecast Areas around the UK, the Rulers of Russia and the capitals of Africa, but I find myself drawn to the periodic table most of all, to the point where I'll enumerate all of the elements at least once a day, trying my best to name them in order. There is something so perfect about the periodic table, especially how much information can be derived about an element's behavior just by looking at where it lies. Thank you for sharing this. It's nice to add a little background to rote memorization.

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:21:22 -0800

Alison - I recommend this song to help you

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:30:55 -0800

Thanks for the song, rongorongo! Do you know any that name the elements according to their atomic number? I have them memorized in order up until Molybdenum, but my memory breaks down somewhere after that.