(Booking opens on Monday 11th February at 9:00 am.)
#ALIEN PERIODIC TABLE CHEMISTRY SNOWMAN FREE#
They are free to attend, but booking is essential. The lecture wil incorporate some exciting new demonstrations, and with help from the audience we'll find out why our saucepans should be out of diamond, and where to find bags of separate atoms.ĭr Wothers' Open Day lectures are always extremely popular. And he'll investigate how atomic structure gives rise to the diverse range of chemical properties, from metals that explode in water, to elements that enable things to burn. In his talk, Dr Wothers will explore how the iconic arrangement of elements in Mendeleev's Table came about, what the Table means and how it works.įrom its earliest beginnings, he'll explain why several different arrangements of chemical elements all appeared around the same time 150 years ago. This takes place as part of the University of Cambridge Science Festival. He'll be giving the lecture during our annual Chemistry Open Day on Saturday 16th March.
In March 2019, it will be 150 years since the Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev took all of the known chemical elements and arranged them into his Periodic Table.ĭr Wothers, an enthusiast for the history of chemistry, will be marking this anniversary with a special (and explosive!) public lecture called Table Talk. "Would an alien have a periodic table? I think they probably would," Dr Wothers told the BBC. "It is something that is absolutely fundamental – this is not just some creation of humans, there is something innate and fundamental to this – there's chemical law, physical law behind this."
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