Chemist Breaks Down 22 Chemistry Scenes From Movies & TV | WIRED
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Chemist Breaks Down 22 Chemistry Scenes From Movies & TV | WIRED
All Comments (21)
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Fun fact: Breaking Bad's cooking is extremely accurate because they actually had DEA agents teach Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul how to make meth. They made sure the steps were accurate, but made sure to edit the show in such a way that it couldn't serve as a how-to.
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She's done all these experiments and tests millions and millions of times and she gets so excited as if she's experiencing all this for the first time, that's real passion for what you love doing
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I like how she still gets all giddy over simple experiments she’s probably done in the lab with years of experience that’s true passion right there
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I absolutely love her enthusiasm. She's the type of professor that makes a class memorable and fun.
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She just really loves chemistry.
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I can't believe National Treasure was wrong about chemistry. The history and archaeology were so accurate.
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If I'd had her as one of my teachers, I almost certainly would have pursued chemistry. My favorite part was at around time 13:00. She must be an absolutely wonderful teacher.
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For those of you who don't know, at 0:43 when she says aqua regia. Aqua Regia is an acid formed by mixing 3 parts hydrochloric acid and 1 part nitric acid and this mixture can dissolve metals like gold and platinum
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When a chemist uses the term "extraordinarily flammable", it sends a shiver down my spine. Because I know they don't use that term lightly.
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She was my chemistry professor in undergrad! Love her so much!! She is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about chemistry it rubs off on others.
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These make me happiest when the person shows as much joy/interest in the topic as she does
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Can she have her own TV show or something? Her knowledge and enthusiasm is refreshing.
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Love the way she gets excited over the experiments. Good one Wired. Get her back soon!
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13:00 Her excitement, the pure joy of doing what she loves, is what everyone should strive for in their careers.
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I LOVE listening to people talk about things they are passionate about. So watching Kate be so excited about chemistry is just an amazing thing.
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This woman's knowledge is insane and her energy towards the subject is absolutely amazing! Everyone should be that excited all the time
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She was my general chemistry professor at UT when I was a freshman! A very charismatic educator who managed to make her lectures entertaining and insightful.
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Being a chemist myself, I would like to contribute: The more colours you see, the more likely that it is fake. Most chemicals are colourless or white, coloured chemicals are in the minority and when you find them in household chemicals it is most likely dyed.
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I love how excited she is about chemistry/science. We need more people like her in life!
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As a chemistry graduate, I can say these experiments she performed are so fun, especially the nylon one, it's so cool to see it come out of "nowhere" also as soon as I heard split the water in the Chernobyl scene I actually gasped, that's a crazy amount of energy.
