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SUMMARY:Gods\, Devils and Alcohol - their influence in chemical nomenclatu
 re - Dr Peter Wothers
DTSTART:20140129T210000Z
DTEND:20140129T220000Z
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CONTACT:Graham Edgecombe
DESCRIPTION:This lively lecture\, based around the composition of everyday
  shampoo\, explores the often-convoluted history behind the names of the i
 ngredients.  What connects a urinating camel to a spiral fossil?  What was
  the significance of a birthing rat?  How did Egyptian eyeliner end up mak
 ing us drunk\, but amethyst kept us sober?  In which brands of shampoo can
  you find "Fooles Bolloxe "and "beaver testicles "?  Under the surface of 
 the dry\, impenetrable code understood only by the initiated\, the languag
 e of the chemist contains a fascinating insight into the ideas and achieve
 ments of mankind through the ages from astrology to zoology.  This lecture
  guarantees you will never look at a bottle of shampoo in quite the same w
 ay again!
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College
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