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The Periodic Table of Videos (Web Video)
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The Periodic Table of Videos is a series of educational shorts on chemistry produced by the University of Nottingham and posted on YouTube (along with a sister series, ''Sixty Symbols'', which is devoted to explaining "those funny letters and squiggles used by physicists and astronomers"). So why, you ask, would an educational series have its own page on TV Tropes? Because it features a charming and likable cast of characters, who've made it their business to make chemistry, astronomy and physics as interesting and engaging as possible.Each episode in The Periodic Table of Videos explores and examines a single element from (what else?) the Periodic Table. The viewer learns about the element's history and properties (and occasionally, the viewer gets to see that element blown up in a spectacular fashion.) From time to time, the scientists will slip in a video discussing other science-related content; a visit to a famous site related to the history of chemistry, or a discussion of the science behind notable current events, to name a few examples. And sometimes they'll just blow crap up because it's cool For Science!! As of this date, they've explored all 118 known elements of the periodic table and have moved on to exploring various molecular compounds. The series has led to several spin-offs, including Numberphile for mathematics and Computerphile for computer science. | |
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For Science! | |
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For Science!: Ostensibly the real reason they blow up so many things on the show. | |
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Stuff Blowing Up | |
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Stuff Blowing Up: What many of the videos seem to feature. Apparently a good way to learn about an element is to see how "reactive" it is (e.g: how well it blows itself and other stuff up.) | |
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Mad Scientist | |
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Mad Scientist: Professor Martyn may not act like one, but he certainly cultivates the look of a traditional movie mad scientist. | |
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Ate the Spoon | |
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Ate the Spoon: One video has a spoon made from Field's Metal, a low-melting-point alloy, dissolving in a beaker of hot tea. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Neil, who runs and maintains lab equipment, is often forced to clean up after disastrous experiments. | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: Many of the videos begin and end with the same bit of footage. | |
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Freeze-Frame Bonus | |
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Freeze-Frame Bonus: For a Valentine's Day special, the cast was asked to contribute chemicals that invoked Valentine's Day to them for use in a perfume. Most went with chemicals that are responsible for smells they like, such as vanillin, but a couple others included chemicals that merely had personal meaning to them. At the end, Brady popped up a fake advertisement for the finished perfume, with a footnote at the end. | |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Mentioned by name in video on the Very Fast Death Factor compound. Three guesses why it's called that... | |
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The Voiceless | |
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The Voiceless: Neil, the senior technician who plays the dogsbody and set-up guy for the rest of the cast. (He will talk occasionally, but since his main job is to set up experiments, not perform them, you rarely hear him do so.) He was more vocal in earlier episodes, however they decided to play up his lack of dialogue and began referring to him in some episodes as the "Chemical Stig." | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms. Fanservice: No one on the show can really be said to embody this, although Debbie comes close in this video. (Note: If you're an amply-endowed woman trying to engage your audience in a serious discussion of silicon, do not wear a tight shirt.) | |
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Einstein Hair | |
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Einstein Hair: Professor Martyn Poliakoff has a truly magnificent example. Several YouTube commenters have said things like, "This man looks like science." Some videos show photos of the Professor when he was younger, and viewers are amused to find that he has always had that hair. | |
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