Peter Wothers

  • Two forms of water
    Podcast

    Heavy water

    2011-12-14T00:00:00

    Peter Wothers weighs in on this week's compound

  • Pink nitroglycerine tablets scattered on a black background
    Podcast

    Nitroglycerine

    2011-06-08T00:00:00

    Peter Wothers investigates a medicinal compound with a very explosive beginning

  • Periodic table of the elements 55 Caesium
    Podcast

    Caesium

    2010-02-24T00:00:00

     Peter Wothers shares the story of his favourite element: caesium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 87 – Francium
    Podcast

    Francium

    2009-10-07T00:00:00

    Peter Wothers introduces a naturally-formed element of which less than a kilogram exists in the entire Earth's crust

  • Periodic table of the elements – 2 – Helium
    Podcast

    Helium

    2009-08-19T00:00:00

    At the top of the table with Peter Wothers

  • Periodic table of the elements – 7 – Nitrogen
    Podcast

    Nitrogen

    2009-03-04T00:00:00

    Peter Wothers enlightens us on the many attributes of nitrogen (including blowing things up)

  • Periodic table of the elements – 19 – Potassium
    Podcast

    Potassium

    2008-12-31T00:00:00

    Peter Wothers on how potassium got its name

  • Periodic table of the elements – 52 – Tellurium
    Podcast

    Tellurium

    2008-07-23T00:00:00

    Named after the Greek for Earth, this element helps us capture power from the Sun

  • Periodic table of the elements – 54 – Xenon
    Podcast

    Xenon

    2008-04-30T00:00:00

    Bright lights and a bright future for an element discovered at the end of the nineteenth century

  • Opinion

    Explosive inspiration

    2008-03-26T12:59:00

    Peter Wothers describes the lure of the large-scale chemistry experiment