Description
Anne gets a tour of the new exhibit at her favorite chemistry museum and learns a thing or two about fireworks.
Filmed in collaboration with the @ScienceHistoryInstitute in Philadelphia, whose Flash! Bang! Boom! A History of Fireworks exhibit will remain on display through July 2027.
Love fireworks? And chemistry? Check out a new episode of @TinyMatterspodcast, a podcast by the American Chemical Society, about the quest to make fireworks more sustainable. The story features explosives chemist David Chavez, Ph.D., and is available now wherever you listen to podcasts or at https://www.acs.org/pressroom/tiny-matters/fireworks-over-millenia.html.
Video credits:
Hosted and written by Anne Hylden
Produced by Anne Hylden, Mia Downs, and Vangie Koonce
Edited by Vangie Koonce
Featuring Jesse Smith, Co-curator of the Flash! Bang! Boom! exhibit at the Science History Institute
Series produced by Vangie Koonce, Anne Hylden, Andrew Sobey, Janali Thompson, Elaine Seward, Darren Weaver, and Jefferson Beck
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Museum and fireworks video from Anne Hylden and Mia Downs
Additional video from Getty Images
Sound effects from Soundsnap
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