Chemistry and Astronomy: Unification of Sciences

Presenter: Takeshi Oka

Published: September 2008

Age: 22 and upwards

Views: 1843 views

Tags: chemistry

Type: Lectures

Source/institution: FSUUniversity of Chicago

Takeshi Oka, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Chicago and discoverer of H3(+), positively ionised molecule of three protons, talks about the ways in which the various aspects of science are are all interlocked. In particular he shows the inter-relationship between the chemistry of molecular clouds and star formation.