{"id":1049012,"date":"2012-11-20T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T11:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/chemistry\/school-of-chemistry-rock.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:01:00","slug":"school-of-chemistry-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/chemistry\/school-of-chemistry-rock.php","title":{"rendered":"School of (chemistry) rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a first for us at Chemistry World<\/em> – a rock song about chemistry. Many of you out there will readily recall Tom Lehrer’s elements song<\/a><\/strong>, where he puts the entire periodic table to music in under two minutes, but I can’t think of any rock that features chemistry. Whatever next? Slash in a lab coat?<\/p>

Chemistry rock comes courtesy of Craig Graziano, a youth librarian from the US, and his band The Crypts!<\/a><\/strong> with his song about Marie Curie<\/a><\/strong>. In his catchy tune (shades of the Sex Pistols<\/a><\/strong>?), he sings about Curie’s discovery of polonium<\/a><\/strong> and radium<\/a><\/strong>, her Nobels and her untimely death caused by radiation exposure in the course of her work. I even learnt a couple of new things about this already very well-known public figure, including that she was a keen cyclist! The rest of the Discover Science album can be downloaded here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>

Craig says that his song is more than just a bit of fun. It’s also about building interest and trust in science, which he says is on the wane in the US. Have a listen and let us know what you think: can you think of any other chemistry songs?<\/p>

Patrick Walter<\/em><\/p>

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