Summary One of science's great odd couples--British minister Joseph Priestley and French tax administrator Antoine Lavoisier--together discover a fantastic new gas called oxygen, overturning the reigning theory of chemistry and triggering a worldwide search for new elements. Soon caught up in the hunt is science's first great showman, a precocious British chemist named Humphry Davy, who dazzles London audiences with his lectures, introduces them to laughing gas, and turns the battery into a powerful tool in the search for new elements.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Michael Emerson Yan Tual Michael Aronov John Curless
Genres : History Biography
Release date : Aug 18, 2015
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Moreno/Lyons Productions
Summary One of science's great odd couples--British minister Joseph Priestley and French tax administrator Antoine Lavoisier--together discover a fantastic new gas called oxygen, overturning the reigning theory of chemistry and triggering a worldwide search for new elements. Soon caught up in the hunt is science's first great showman, a precocious British chemist named Humphry Davy, who dazzles London audiences with his lectures, introduces them to laughing gas, and turns the battery into a powerful tool in the search for new elements.
Genres : History Biography
Release date : Aug 18, 2015
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Moreno/Lyons Productions
