The Royal Institution
Join a guided tour of science’s most iconic image with chemical physicist and material scientist Jamie Gallagher, geek songstress Helen Arney and nanoscientist Suze Kundu.
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The periodic table is an emblem of science. Explosions, poisonings, space exploration and novelty Victoria parlour games are all contained within the chemist’s favourite poster. Discover the stories and wonder behind the elements in this family-friendly talk.
Jamie Gallagher is a science communicator and part-time comic, touring the country with his own science shows while also working as the public engagement officer at the University of Glasgow.
He appears on BBC radio, has performed for Bright Club and speaks at various science festivals and comedy shows around the UK.
Helen Arney is a self-professed geek songstress, who writes maths and science-inspired comedy songs and performs across the UK.
Suze Kundu is a materials nanochemist, Teaching Fellow at Imperial College London, and science presenter.
This event was filmed at the Royal Institution on 19 February 2015.
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Oh he says elements! I always understood ailment and wondered what he was talking about. (My native language isn't English.)
as a non-native english speaker i would really much appreciate to have subtitles available, even if they are just in english! also thinking of the hearing impaired community, it's weird that something as big as Ri can't put subtitles available in their videos, it would be a small gesture that would help your message get through so much easier!
I can't quite understand the English in this video. Sounds American/Irish mix perhaps. Trying to understand because I grew up in Lakenheath, but I'd like to excel in chemistry.
If someone at the RI could just ask him where he got that shirt, that'd be great.
1:10:00 If a 3-year-old can do it, surely a person with a PhD should have no trouble at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSabZhFaB-M
1:13:45 Tom Lehrer would be proud!
Dmitri Mendeleev, the bastard who made one of my science classes totally miserable!!!
Im related to Sir Humphrey Davey!
I love this! Thank you so much for your intelligence and time and creativeness. I love your accent. I love your timing. This is the way to reach people about a subject that many people shy away from..
The process of fracking to extract natural gas and oil destroys the geologic features that hold helium.
We should not be destroying the natural features of the Earth that collect and hold this very special element. Where is the news media to warn us of this unwanted side-effect of fracking?
Systemic flaws are not reported:
http://gaiabrain.blogspot.com/2011/08/systemic-flaws-are-not-reported.html
I am very surprised that this lecturer would imply more than once that the elements on the right of the periodic table are physically large. I think it's better to say that they are 'higher' elements, with more and more protons in the nucleus and more electrons around the nucleus (balanced electric charge), but in reality, the atoms become smaller when you go across a period. It is a very clear trend from Li to Ne. It is an effective nuclear charge issue. No chemistry instructor is perfect (I am a perfect example..), but when he talks about physical size increasing across a period, it made me cringe. If he knows so much about the periodic table, why couldn't he be more clear, or at least less misleading?
I don't usually post more than one comment, but…. what he has said about the elemental composition of stars is so misleading. The colors of stars (if you don't disperse the light according to wavelength with a spectrometer) is indicative of the temperature of the star. Only if you disperse the radiation into separate wavelengths can you see what kinds of atoms are in the region of the star that is emitting radiation. Also, the stars are not 'burning' any elements, which implies combustion. The energy is given off by fusion reactions. I know it's a general audience, but a person of a high enough caliber to be trusted with a Royal Institution audience should be more exact. This is constructive criticism. Science is not a 'mutual admiration society'. I'd have a beer with him.
Loved it! Kudos to Jamie, Suze and Helen.
The best think of the video is the contact with the students and is kind of interesting. But the level of the information is very low, almost everithing i already knew. And it is too childish, i know that there were too much children in the public, but still think you over do it, the games were too simple and unpurposing. It was more kindergarden party show than a lecture fot the periodic table.
The begining was very promising, especially the game with envelopes, but i am dissapointed from the rest. I was expecting serious university lecture with the participation of the students.
And still i think the video will be interesting and informative for children under 12, but not for adults.
one Atomic mass unit (amu)is not 12 carbon as Suze Kundu said. 1 amu weighs 1/12 th of a Carbon-12 atom(17:51).
what dialekt is this irish ?
He's mixing up Big Bertha and the Paris Gun, showing a picture of the former but giving info about the latter.
Beautifully engage almost everyone specially the kids! Liked it will definitely have a lasting impact on the young. thanks a lot Ri and the learned presenters lots of respect for you all.
@6:50 & @7:17 adding an electron? that should be proton. or am I wrong?
There is nothing that inspires me to get irritated with someone, than someone that asked you a question and you give an honest answer; and then they throw it back in your face and say "You lied" 01:26. It makes you feel like saying "Well, why the fuck did you ask me then if you think you know the answer?". Obviously this man is only joking.
slightly cringy when she sinks but WHAT AN AMAZING SPEACH!!! i almost cry :'D
That backdrop always makes me think of Q*bert.
After watching this I know awesome is not an element but jeez guys we need to stick it in there somewhere!
We can and will produce He in the future with nuclear fusion
Nice lecture. The singing lady was kind of annoying though.
whats If we slant The table ..
So Is Carbon a MultiplePersonality Analogy In Biology?
Helen Arney really rocks it, yeah!
Good energy 👍👍
Nobody doesn't like Molten Boron
By age sixty, most of us will have way more AILMENTS 0:42 than you have listed on that chart! – j q t –
The way they present it is not very educational, even for kids.
What can we say in seminar on
Periodic table of chemical elements impact on human welfare
carbon is fantastic I am grateful that I am alive because of carbon!
Jamie to kid: You're now Sodium!
Me to screen: Don't dunk him in water!