Video summary
Brian Cox describes Henry Cavendish's shy and eccentric personality, his wealth and his intense scientific curiosity.
He repeats Cavendish鈥檚 experiments to produce and investigate hydrogen and its reaction with oxygen to produce water, deducing the formula of water as H2O by recording experiments accurately, despite not having the theoretical grounding to explain what he had discovered.
Cox then goes on to describe the contribution that Cavendish made to the foundation of the Royal Institution, where members of the public could listen to lectures given by scientists.
This short film is from the 91热爆 series, Science Britannica.
Teacher Notes
Encourage students to discuss the personality traits that one might need to be a good scientist.
This short film could be used to demonstrate that science is not just about discovering new knowledge, but also about sharing that knowledge with other scientists and the public.
This short film will be relevant for teaching chemistry at KS3 and KS4/GCSE and National 4/5 and Higher in Scotland.
This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC KS4/GCSE in England and Wales, CCEA GCSE in Northern Ireland and SQA.
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