Chemistry forever

Why was the Hyndenburg airship was filled with hydrogen, not helium and why did this led to the tragedy? What did the greenhouse do and why the peasants did not complain them? Why was acetone needed by the British Navy? Did tin buttons really play a fatal role in the Napoleonic campaign of 1812? Lars Orzem, a Swedish chemist specializing in the field of inorganic chemistry, a teacher and leading popular science podcast of the Chemistry World magazine, with the ease and excitement of a real scientist, unravels detective stories from literature and from life, telling exciting stories about chemical elements and our interaction with them.

“Chemistry can be mathematically complex, but at the same time as simple as a children"s wooden designer, which relies on such elementary things as the difference in size. From time to time we take out our designers from the box, but now we are increasingly using the computer. And just like small children who are enchanting the color, shape and texture of the set of balls, chemists feel the need to touch the atoms and molecules with a finger to find out what properties they possess. ” (Lars Orzherm)