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http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/physics/joliot-curie-and-artificial-radioactivity
Joliot-Curie and artificial radioactivity Listen Irene was alone at home as her husband Frederic had to give a lecture early in the morning. Their two children were taken for a walk by the nanny, and
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/storytelling-howto
Useful tips for narrating a story (adapted from M. Clough, 2010) Listen Have an interesting story to tell. The key of storytelling is to provide listeners with a good story. If you don't have a story
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/biology/sybilla-merian-and-cocoons
Sybilla Merian and Cocoons Listen Sibylla woke – the room was still pitch black in the early morning but she was very excited and just couldn’t sleep any longer. She listened and heard her family memb
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/chemistry/rutherfords-nuclear-atom
Rutherford’s Nuclear Atom Listen Ernest Rutherford was born in New Zealand into a poor farming family in 1871. When the young "Ern," as his family called him, received his first science book at the ag
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/biology/antoine-laurent-de-lavoisier-and-respiration
Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier and respiration Listen Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier, who is considered to be the father of modern chemistry and one of the first to execute and exploit quantitative resear
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/physics/joule-and-energy/the-hard-work-of-experimenting-james-prescott-joule-william-thomson-and-the-mechanical-equivalent-of-heat
The hard work of experimenting Listen Manchester, in the early 1840s. Manchester was a busy industrial town in these days, actually, it could be named as the industrial cen-ter of England, and in thos
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/physics/joule-and-energy/scientific-partnership-james-prescott-joule-william-thomson-and-the-mechanical-equivalent-of-heat
Scientific Partnership Listen James Prescott Joule, a Manchester owner of a brewery stood in the lecture hall and looked into the faces of the audience that was going to listen to his talk. It was the
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/physics/lichtenberg-and-the-electrophorus
Lichtenberg and the electrophorus Listen Lichtenberg, who lived in the 18th century, was an outstanding naturalist, art critic, satirist, aphorist, and one of the creators of the German experimental p
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The mechanical theory of heat and Rumford's contribution Listen Benjamin Thompson, Bavarian Minister of War, went into the workshop to supervise the production of new cannons. As you may notice, Benja
http://www.science-story-telling.eu/en/stories/by-subject-area/physics/mouchot-and-the-solar-cooker
Mouchot and the solar cooker Listen The period in which we live is a time of many inventions, that change our lives. The pace of these changes is very large and seems to grow. Some believe that this p