Learn Through Videos: Chemistry
This is a collection of links to educational videos related to chemistry and chemists, which are made for general audience. This collection includes videos about the the principles of chemistry, the building blocks that make up the world, the periodic table, atoms, and the latest discoveries in the field of chemistry.
The World of Chemistry
Join with experts to observe chemistry in action and learn the laws and principles of this dynamic field.
100 Greatest Discoveries - Chemistry
This episode recounts thirteen important discoveries in chemistry, including Joseph Priestly's discovery of oxygen, John Dalton's atomic theory, and Dmitry Mendeleev's discovery of periodic table of elements.
Chemistry: A Volatile History
This is a science documentary series tracing the story of how the elements - the building blocks that make up our entire world - were discovered and mapped.
The Periodic Table of Videos
Short videos about every element on the periodic table, plus other cool experiments and chemistry stuff.
The Cell (BBC documentary)
The Cell is a BBC documentary series presented by Adam Rutherford, telling the extraordinary story of the scientific quest to discover the secrets of the cell and of life itself.
The Big Question - How did Life Begin?
The English chemist Harry Kroto looks at the recent scientific research on the origin of life and attempts to answer one of world's most puzzling question: how did life on earth come to be?
Atom
A documentary series telling the story of the discovery of the atom and consisting of three episodes: The Clash of the Titans; The Key to the Cosmos; and The Illusion of Reality.
Atoms and Their Electrons
An extremely funny educational film explaining ionic bonding, and the atomic properties of the first twenty elements of the periodic table.
Our Friend The Atom
Rare Walt Disney Science series from 1957 describing the advent of the Nuclear Age. Dr. Heinz Haber looks at the possibility of an exciting new power source.
The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn
This is the story of the life and times of two remarkable scientists - Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn, whose collaboration culminated in the discovery of nuclear fission in 1938.
The Story of Science
The Story of Science explores how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path.
The Birth of Liquid Crystals
This looks at how, nearly a hundred years after its discovery, British chemists found a way to exploit liquid crystals in the electronic display of technology.
Conversations with History - Linus Pauling
In this 1983 interview, Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling joins U.C. Berkeley's Harry Kreisler for a discussion of the role of scientists in the peace movement.
Madame Curie
Madame Curie is a 1943 biographical film about Marie Curie's life and the work she did with her husband Pierre Curie in the discovery of radium.