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The Mystery of Matter "Out of Thin Air"

Label
The Mystery of Matter "Out of Thin Air"
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Mystery of Matter "Out of Thin Air"
Oclc number
956905161
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced by PBS in 2015
Runtime
55
Summary
One of scienceђ́ةs great odd couplesђ́وBritish minister Joseph Priestley and French tax administrator Antoine Lavoisierђ́وtogether discover a fantastic new gas called oxygen, overturning the reigning theory of chemistry and triggering a worldwide search for new elements. Soon caught up in the hunt is scienceђ́ةs first great showman, a precocious British chemist named Humphry Davy, who dazzles London audiences with his lectures, introduces them to laughing gas, and turns the battery into a powerful tool in the search for new elements
Technique
live action
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