Episode 41: Self-Experimentation
About this episode
This week we delve into the world of experimenting on oneself. Many scientists have both knowingly and unknowingly used themselves as guinea pigs in the lab.
SHOW CLOCK
00:00 Opening Credits
00:32 Introduction
01:23 Element of the Week: Radium
03:03 Conversation with Rebecca Herzig
08:04 Chemistry in your Cupboard: Home DNA Test Kits
10:51 Quote: Edwin Emory Slosson
11:14 Closing Credits
CREDITS
Special thanks to Dominique Tobbell for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.
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