Question from a Student
How many of you have been lighting candles more since this class started? We have!
Watch Faraday's Lecture 2, Brightness of the Flame
Read or Watch
• What is the Periodic Table?
Watch this video:
• Chemical Equations
Pyrolysis ("cutting by fire") of wax to carbon ("soot" or "smoke") and hydrogen gas:
Convince yourself that this equation is balanced.
• Read this poem
Figures of Thought, Robert Nemerov
(Wondering what a logarithmic spiral is? Click HERE, and look at the section entitled "In nature".)
Can you name at least two phenomena that obey an inverse-square law?
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Additional Resources (optional)
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Commentary on Lecture 2
by the producers of the video series
• Watch this video, an episode of Crash Course Chemistry:
