Hunting the Elements (2012)

Where do natures building blocks called the elements come from Theyre the hidden ingredients of everything in our world from the carbon in our bodies to the metals in our smartphones To unlock their secrets David Pogue technology columnist and lively host of NOVAs popular Making Stuff series spins viewers through the world of weird extreme chemistry the strongest acids the deadliest poisons the universes most abundant elements and the rarest of the raresubstances cooked up in atom smashers that flicker into existence for only fractions of a second