Chemistry study program
The chemistry study program was a 52-part series that was presented by Hans-Jürgen Bersch in the years 1975–1982 as editor, author and presenter on ZDF . It was produced in 4 seasons of 13 episodes each. The German first broadcast was on January 10, 1975 on ZDF. The ZDF news anchor Wolfgang Behrendt can be heard as off-speaker for animations and recorded films . The title melody comes from Gerhard Trede (Electronic Sidewalk 1).
In 1976, Hans-Jürgen Bersch, Hans Kuhn and Manfred Samal received the bronze Adolf Grimme Prize for this series .
A later successor series was the 13-part broadcast series Bild (n) er der Chemie , which was broadcast from 1983 .
broadcasts
No. title First broadcast 1 Critical comments at the beginning Jan 10, 1975 2 Departure into the atomic dimension Jan. 17, 1975 3 Ions - and what holds them together Jan. 24, 1975 4th Inside a metal Jan. 31, 1975 5 Electrons - clouds that connect atoms Feb. 7, 1975 6th The atmosphere - is it air for us? Feb. 14, 1975 7th According to Avogadro, all gases are the same Feb 21, 1975 8th An unusual substance: ordinary water Feb. 28, 1975 9 Ephemeral stone ..., something about silicates March 7, 1975 10 Carbon ... on the road to life March 14, 1975 11 Chemistry of the living. Molecules as tools March 21, 1975 12 Chemistry of the living. Molecules organize themselves Apr 4, 1975 13 Origin of life - molecules form societies Apr 11, 1975 14th A nice relationship - the alkali metals 15th Location salts - the halogens 16 On shining tracks - alkaline earth metals 17th A closed society - the noble gases 18th Electrons - traces from a strange world 19th Magic numbers - without magic 20th World Map of the Elements - The Periodic Table 21st Partner for hydrogen 22nd acids and bases 23 Noble and common: the hierarchy of metals 24 Double tied, always better? 25th Electrons in the collective: metals, semiconductors, insulators 26th Interpreting colors, not black art 27 When and how is what going? 28 (Reaction) speed is not witchcraft 29 There and back gives balance 30th Hot and cold - sometimes chemically 31 Small compulsion - big effect 32 Mess, everything is fine! 33 Chemical drive made measurable 34 Nothing works anymore, in balance 35 Well activated is half responsive 36 Acid strength, a thing with potencies 37 Electrically traced chemistry 38 Reaction pots, with and without a lid 39 Life Chemistry: Survival Chemistry? 40 Paths to the product 41 Earth, ores and so on ... 42 "Revolutions in C" coal versus oil 43 Stone by stone, tailor-made molecules 44 Dimensions in white 45 Between glasses and crystals 46 Molecules - linked, tangled, networked ... 47 In the beginning there was urea 48 Nature: chemistry almost without limits 49 Remedies - way to nature? 50 Organisms as a chemical factory 51 From chemistry to waste - and back 52 Accounting - or arithmetic with chemistry?
Companion books
- Volker Buß , Heindirk tom Dieck , Joachim Rudolph: Introduction to Chemistry , Part 1; Accompanying material for the ZDF study program "Chemistry", 192 p. (1975), Verlagsgesellschaft Schulfernsehen , Cologne, ISBN 3-8025-1045-3 .
- Volker Buß, Heindirk tom Dieck: Introduction to chemistry , part 2; Accompanying material for the ZDF study program "Chemistry", 231 pages (1977), Verlagsgesellschaft Schulfernsehen, Cologne, ISBN 3-8025-1046-1 .
- Volker Buß, Heindirk tom Dieck: Introduction to chemistry , part 3; Accompanying material for the ZDF study program "Chemistry", 240 pages (1979), Verlagsgesellschaft Schulfernsehen, Cologne, ISBN 3-8025-1047-X .
- Volker Buß, Heindirk tom Dieck: Introduction to chemistry , part 4, From raw material to product; Accompanying material to the ZDF study program "Chemistry", 189 pp. (1981), Verlagsgesellschaft Schulfernsehen, Cologne, ISBN 3-8025-1210-3 .
Web links
- Chemistry study program (ZDF), playlist on YouTube
- Prof. Volker Buß and Hans-Jürgen Bersch: Chemistry - yesterday and today - ideas, successes, challenges , July 9, 2003.