International Year of Chemistry, 2011

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The Mendeleyev agency, the Matchmaking agency for atoms and molecules in desperate quest for love. Suggestion Suggestion Pierre Aldebert   |   added on Jul 20, 2010 Dmiti, the Freud of electronic Unconscious, will explain all that their affective lives are conditioned by their impulses (sorry by their electronic orbitals) and that his deep knowledge of atomic soul has brought him to define groups that encompass atoms which exhibit typical behaviour.
Topic: play Audience: general public, secondary schools, high schools, students, scientists

Chemistry in All its States Suggestion Suggestion Olivier Laugt   |   added on Jul 20, 2010 The activities and events organised by the students on the Master’s course in the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Bordeaux target a wide public
Topic: hands-on activities, exhibition, conferences Audience: general public, students, scientists

Chemistry and mushrooms Suggestion Suggestion Monique Brunet   |   added on Jul 20, 2010 During the 2011 exhibition, in October, a place will be reserved to present the most toxic mushrooms and plants, the main families of molecules they contain and the effect on the heath.
Topic: exhibition, conferences Audience: general public, students, scientists

Marie Curie, "enchantress" of Radium Suggestion Suggestion Nathalie Huchette   |   added on Jul 20, 2010 A storyteller tells the story of Marie Curie and the exceptional destiny of this grande dame of Science.
Topic: show, history of chemistry Audience: general public, school children

« d’Arsonval, from triple Point . . . to critical Point ! » Suggestion Suggestion Bernard Guillien   |   added on Jul 20, 2010 Arsène d'Arsonval (1851-1940), was a scientist and a doctor from Limousin, France.
Topic: hands-on activities, exhibition Audience: general public, secondary schools, high schools