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Strange Encounters

Wednesday 26 September 2007 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)

Four scientists relive a key moment in their discipline.

Duration:

15 minutes

Playlist:

3/4. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

In a cluttered lab in the 1820s, two German chemists show that living matter and minerals can be chemically identical, slaying the idea of a life force. Written by Andrea Sella.




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