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what are things made of so all life us
Justin Bieber everything made of carbon
chains it all comes down to elements and
this must be
hydrogen what are they why do they
behave the way they do tast like salt
New York Times Tech Guru David po gives
an off the-charts tour of the periodic
table my gloves are on fire I'm seeing
Adams hunting the elements on
Nova yes the elements are fascinating
yes they're all around you yes we've put
together an amazing 2-hour special about
the elements for Nova but so far you're
just sitting back passively and watching
wouldn't you much prefer to drive
wouldn't you have to lean forward reach
out your finger and control the
experience that's why we've created the
Nova elements iPad app download today
won't
you welcome to Nova elements I'm David
po I review technology for a living so
I'm fascinated by the elements that make
up cool stuff as you can see there's
lots to do here you can watch our show
hunting the elements you can explore the
tapable interactive periodic table or
you can play my Essential Elements game
tap whatever looks interesting to get
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started ever want to know more about
tungsten or know anything at all about
Einsteinium now is your chance tap any
element to learn more about
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it this is the atomic sandbox add
protons neutrons and electrons to build
a stable
atom the number of protons is the atomic
number and determines the element you
have to determine the number of neutrons
an atom should have subtract its number
of protons from its atomic weight stable
atoms typically have a balanced number
of protons and
electrons nice
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work
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well
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done a perfectly built
atom
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welcome to the exciting new game my
Essential Elements your challenge should
you decide to accept it is to build some
of the things I use every day and by
build I mean assemble them from their
component elements and molecules tap any
object to
begin
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this is the molecular sandbox where you
can use atoms to build molecules But
first you have to build the component
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atoms nice
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job
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watch hunting the elements right here
anytime
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anywhere