Through the stories of six elements, 'Alphabet of Our Universe' covers all 118 known to science in a one-hour multi-media, audience interactive event. Combining science with poetry, story-telling, film and digital-art 'Alphabet of Our Universe' is a socio-historical ride through the best and worst of 8,000 years of human history.
Next Show
27th Oct 2016 : Manchester Science Festival
'Alphabet of Our Universe' as never before, involving live chemistry experiments! Come and join us on an explosive and colourful multi-media ride through the sociological history of chemistry.
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What do Henry VIII, an octopus, Cyprus and an i-phone have in common?
Who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry for a life-saving discovery but used it to create chemical warfare? Which element caused Mohandras Ghandi to lead over 60,000 Indians in a march to independence? |
Me and a giant condiment at the RSC, Burlington House London.
(In fact, we're talking about Iodine, India, health and global politics in the 1930s) oh and yes, sodium chloride. Copyright 2016: Einstein's Octopus Ltd |
'Absolutely spellbinding. Why didn't they teach me chemistry this way at school...or history...or English?' Oxford Museum of the History of Science, Jan 2016 “A fantastic job... a poetic twist to the very human stories behind important chemical discoveries and advances.” Royal Society of Chemistry, July 2016 |
Official trailer for 'Alphabet of Our Universe'
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