How did we uncover the elements? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explain how the periodic table of elements came to be from the discovery of atoms to the way we categorize them to the elements we make in the particle accelerator.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - The Periodic Table of Elements
00:58 - Back When There Were Four Elements
03:21 - The First Chemical Elements
6:58 - Grouping the Elements
10:17 - Discovering Nuclei & Electron Orbitals
16:97 - Creating Elements Not Found in Nature
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