Category Archives: demonstrations

Bangs and Meringues 2010

Posted on September 25, 2010 by

As term gets ever closer the reality hits that everone is expecting me to do demo lecture and the level of expectation just scares the hell out of me. How does one build a new show? And from what? In … Continue reading →

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Bar 10

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

It was real honour to be invited by Spike Marchant and Tony Conigliaro a.k.a. the Drink Factory, to give a talk called “A Vesper and a Bang” at the annual London convention of the bar and drinks industry, Bar 10. … Continue reading →

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Demonstrating the irresponsible

Posted on June 4, 2010 by

I recently watched one of the better known chemistry demonstration shows, which, I confess left me in part underwhelmed, but also rather appalled. Part way through the lecture the famous SF6 floating boat demo was carried out. If you haven’t … Continue reading →

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