This Periodic Table Song from AsapSCIENCE – who have previously illustrated such mysteries as the science of love and what marijuana does to your brain – is for science-lovers what The Elements of Style Rap was for literary nerds. Enjoy, then wash down with the elements of the periodic table, personified as anime-inspired heroes.
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Stunning macro photographs of the elements of the periodic table by Japanese photographer R. Tanaka. Pair with BBC’s volatile history of chemistry and Theodore Gray’s magnificent photographs of the elements.
How enzymes catalyze the chemical reactions in your body – an animated primer from TED.
The fascinating puzzle-like history of the periodic table, animated – and how urine played a key role in its story. Complement with the elements of the periodic table, personified as illustrated amine heroes
Radioactivity, explained in a TED animation. Also see this illustrated history of how it all began.
After the elements of the periodic table visualized according to their popularity in the universe, the elements visualized according to their popularity in Google.
Complement with the elements personified as anime-inspired characters.
Fantastic 1970s cartogram-like visualization of the elements of the periodic table based on their relative abundance.
The story of Mendeleev Periodic Table of Elements, “a massive slab of human genius,” animated. Also see the elements of the periodic table personified as illustrated characters.
This is great – the elements of the Periodic table, personified as illustrated heroes by Japanese artist Bunpei Yorifuji.
Chemistry explained through paper cutout animation and teenage romance – part They Might Be Giants’ Here Comes Science, part Vi Hart’s stop-motion science explanations.
A biography of Marie Curie, a “science badass,” in finger puppets – the best thing since Radioactive.
