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The fabled "philosopher's stone" of centuries-old alchemy was always right under our noses—but it wasn't found through chemistry. Nuclear physics shows how one atom can change into another and how some stars are just supersized nuclei. Grab a radiation suit and get ready to go nuclear.

Presented by Lawrence Weinstein
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00:00 What is Nuclear Physics?
05:37 Nuclear Physicists' Periodic Table
08:22 Rutherford and Soddy Discover Thorium Chain
08:54 Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Decay at Very Different Rates
09:37 Earth's Geology Relies on Slow Rates of Decay
12:06 Marie Curie Discovers Atom Thorium
12:33 20th Century Was the Year of Nuclear Physics
13:30 The Difference Between Particle and Nuclear Physics
16:31 Nuclear Waste Moves Toward the Valley of Stability
21:30 Pauli Exclusion Principle Keeps Atoms From Ghosting
22:53 The Fundamental Forces Nuclear Physics Use

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