William Lipscomb, the 1976 Nobel laureate in chemistry, is a Kentucky colonel. He is famous for wearing string ties. Here he demonstrates how to tie a string tie. We made this video as part of the celebration for Professor Lipscomb’s upcoming 90th birthday.
Tag: chemistry
Where to buy plutonium in London
Where in London can one purchase plutonium? In Covent Garden, at the Helios Homeopathy shop. Dr Fiona Barclay, a chemist at RGB Research in west London, made this discovery. Her company specialises in selling collections of the periodic table elements (with the exception of those elements that are illegal or are so very short-lived – […]
Theo Gray, in his element, in a book
From humble elements (nature’s own) did Theo Gray make a nifty book, just published, called Mad Science, chock full of experiments you should absolutely not do unless you are sure you can do them safely and have extremely good reason for your certainty, in which case you will wear good safety goggles and all other […]