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Posted by Rachel Pepling on May 16, 2008 in Chemistry is Everywhere
This morning I came across this funky TV spot on the Creative Review Blog (thanks to Boing Boing). Commissioned by the European Commission’s Marie Curie Actions research program, the spot uses a party scene to introduce viewers to The World Of Chemistry.

4 Comments on Chemistry As A Party
By AaronRowe on May 16, 2008 at 1:32 pm
They really should upload it to youtube so that blogs like ours can embed it.
By Rachel Pepling on May 16, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Indeed, I was disappointed to not be able to embed the video. There is a version on YouTube now, but the quality is pretty crappy (worse than the screen shot I nabbed), and some of the magic was lost to me.
By Chemistry Blog » Blog Archive » European Chemistry Commercials on May 17, 2008 at 2:44 pm
[...] video was recently featured at the C&EN blog: Chemistry As A Party. The video feels overtly corny, but those wacky Europeans can have a strange taste in [...]
By The World of Chemistry « practical transmutations on May 17, 2008 at 9:10 pm
[...] This is hilariously odd. I especially like the violent reaction of potassium and water — way better than the other video I posted a while back. By way of C&ENtral Science. [...]
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