“I love this video! it just makes me excited about chemistry!”.Latest comments left by YouTube users who have watched the Christmas special online include: I hope that in 2009 they'll carry on doing that and that we can bring you more exciting chemistry.” Professor Martyn Poliakoff CBE FRS of the School of Chemistry, who introduces many of the 'Periodic Table' videos including 'An element for Christmas', said: “This is the first Christmas that we've celebrated with our Periodic Table of Videos and we've been really thrilled by the number of people who have contacted us, who have made comments and suggestions. One interviewee singled out Neodymium - because it is an element that can be blue, red or green depending on its concentration… giving it plenty of decorative potential for Christmas. The short film is a light-hearted look at Christmas from the point of view of chemistry staff and students at The University of Nottingham, who were asked “If you could have one element for Christmas, which one would it be?”Īnswers varied from the predictable Gold and Platinum, to the more esoteric options of Hassium, Rubidium and Terbium. It features as the 'No.1 Science & Technology video' on YouTube on most of its national sites and on its worldwide page (see above). 'An element for Christmas' has already had more than 40,000 hits in just a few days on YouTube and has attracted hundreds of positive comments from viewers. The city is home to two universities - Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham.The Periodic Table of Videos - 143 fun and informative short films, each themed around one of the chemical elements - has been an unexpected worldwide hit on YouTube this year, with more than four million viewings since its launch in the summer and an army of thousands of online fans. Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe having links to the city, as well as a contemporary literary community, a publishing industry and a poetry scene. On 11 December 2015, Nottingham was named a "City of Literature" by UNESCO, joining Dublin, Edinburgh, Melbourne and Prague as one of only a handful in the world. The title reflects Nottingham's literary heritage, with Lord Byron, D. This accolade came just over a year after Nottingham was named as the UK's first City of Football. The city also has professional rugby, ice hockey and cricket teams, and the Aegon Nottingham Open, an international tennis tournament on the ATP and WTA tours. The National Ice Centre, Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, and Trent Bridge international cricket ground are all based in or around the city, which is also the home of two professional league football teams the world's oldest professional league club Notts County, and Nottingham Forest, famously two-time winners of the UEFA European Cup under Brian Clough in 1979 and 1980. It is also a major sporting centre, and in October 2015, was named 'Home of English Sport'. Nottingham has an award-winning public transport system, including the largest publicly owned bus network in England and is also served by Nottingham railway station and the modern Nottingham Express Transit tram system. In 2017, Nottingham had an estimated population of 329,200. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in The Midlands. Nottingham is a tourist destination in 2011, visitors spent over £1.5 billion-the thirteenth-highest amount in England's 111 statistical territories. It was granted its city charter in 1897 as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Our fair city has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle (notably Raleigh bikes), and tobacco industries.
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