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Episode 105: Periodic Table Contents

Episode 105: Periodic Table Contents

Distillations | Science History Institute · Science History Institute

October 8, 201014m 4s

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Show Notes

In this week’s episode we pay tribute to the periodic table. We talk to Sam Kean, author of the best-selling book The Disappearing Spoon and hear an excerpt from Primo Levi’s book The Periodic Table.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:21 Interview with Sam Kean

09:28 "Carbon," from The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

12:57 Competition - Elemental Memoir

13:31 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Michal Meyer and Mia Lobel for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.