WHAT IS A CHEMIST?

Duration: 13½min

Year Published: 1962

Creator: Sponsored by American Chemical Society

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Description: Designed to motivate student's interest in the study of chemistry by dramatizing a recent discovery—diamond synthesis. Documents the work at Tracy Hall, showing how he was able to use his understanding of the chemistry of carbon, the carbon molecule and diamond to achieve a goal which had eluded scientists for centuries. Dramatizes man's search for remedies throughout the ages; points out the chemists' creative thinking and experimental method in ancient and modern chemistry, its place in the work of science and how it contributes to the welfare of man

Complete Record: Source: Sutherland Interest level: jh-sh Price: $130 Format: sd color

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)