Chemistry Updated 2025-05-26 +Created 1970-01-01
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Chemistry is fun. Too hard for precise physics (pre quantum computing, see also quantum chemistry), but not too hard for some maths like social sciences.
And it underpins biology.
Video 1.
100 Greatest Discoveries - Chemistry by the Discovery Channel (2005)
Source. Pretty good within what you can expect from popular science. The discovery selection is solid, and he interviews 3 Nobel Prize laureates, only one about stuff they invented, so you can see their faces. The short non-precise scenes of epoch are also pleasing. Part of 100 Greatest Discoveries by the Discovery Channel (2004-2005).
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Max Planck Society Updated 2025-05-26 +Created 2025-03-08
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A massive group of research institutes scattered across Germany. The constituent institutes are known as "Max Planck Institutes (for|of) X". They are primarily known for their incredible natural science research, but they also cover social sciences.
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Map of the Max Planck Institutes
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