"The Ring of Truth: Atoms" featuring Julia Child

One of two clips from Philip Morrison's 1987 PBS program "The Ring of Truth: Atoms" featuring Julia Child as an "applied biochemist" who uses her "artistry" to isolate pure carbon in a rather amusing way.

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[haerverk]

nice little twist on getting peoples interest for chemistry up ^^ sweet old lady, seems loved when one looks at the comments.

[coy6642126]

OMG! She's a riot!!!

[Raynor9X9]

I saw this video in a chemistry class. They were talking about carbon so she burned the food to show the carbon that was in it. There's a later segment where she "cooks" a diamond in a vacuum oven to show how the arrangement of carbon atoms can change.

[Etienne Perley]

how come julias intention was to burn the food?

[KinetiK138]

That was exactly the point!

[tylor Gallagher]

am i the only one that looks at this and think every thing looks burnt?

[J Bowers]

A few hundred more degrees and she could have made nano tubes. lol

[thegirl44]

My husband's PR person was Mrs. Child's PR person at the time of her death and he says the same glowing things about her that your friend does.

[misspuppa]

hahahah

[Irondo11]

She was wonderfully funny...

[AKMETAL666]

The host of this show totally reminds me of Ronnie James Dio.

I just found out he died in 2005....