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PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE AND SOCIETY AND EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF
FERTILITY STUDIES AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, HE HOLDS 23
HONORARY DOCTORATES AND A SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, AND
TONIGHT HE'S HERE TO TEACH US ALL ABOUT SCIENCE, PLEASE
WELCOME PROFESSOR THE LORD ROBERT WINSTON!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> James: THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
DID I JUST SAY THAT RIGHT?
IT'S PROFESSOR THE LORD OR LORD THE PROFESSOR.
THE LORD OUR SAVIOR.
>> I THINK IT'S PROFESSOR THE LORD.
FOR SOME REASON YOU SAY THE LORD.
YO WHY.
>> James: I DO.
I FOAL LIKE I'M IN THE PRESENCE THE PROFESSOR THE LORD.
>> THIS DOES THE QUALIFY ME IN ANYWAY OF WHAT I'M GOING TO DO
TO YOU.
>> James: LAST TIME YOU WERE YOU BURNT MY FACE.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US HERE, ROBERT.
>> WE HAVE METAL SALTS.
ACROSS THE TABLE SALTS.
EACH METAL WILL BURN WITH IT'S OWN COLOR.
AS THE ELECTRONS HEAT UP THEY EMIT A COLOR WHEN THEY COOL DOWN
AGAIN.
>> James: SO THEY WILL SHINE OUT A COLOR IF IT'S MET IN FLAMES
THIS.
IS IN FIRE WORKS, RIGHT?
>> YES.
ALSO IN HAIR DIE.
DO YOU USE HAIR DIE?
>> James: WHY WOULD I USE HAIR DIE.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
James: I LITERALLY JUST TURNED -- YOU THURPBG I WOULD
CHOOSE THIS COLOR?
YA, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD CHOOSE.
SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO HERE?
>> YOU WILL BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS TORCH.
>> James: DAMN RIGHT I AM.
>> POINT IT AT THE AUDIENCE.
NOT AT YOU.
>> James: POINT IT AT THE AUDIENCE.
GOOD LUCK, GUYS.
DO I NEED THESE ON?
>> YES.
PACE I CANNILY GET THIS IN ALCOHOL TO BURN NOISILY.
TIP IT SLIGHTLY UP.
>> James: WHAT AM I FIRING AT HERE.
>> SALT WATER.
IT WILL BURN BRIGHT YELLOW.
>> James: PEOPLE SHOULDN'T TRY THIS AT HOME, CORRECT.
>> WELL, THEY COULD DO.
James: NO.
OF COURSE THEY COULD. THEY COULD TROY ANYTHING.
I DON'T RECOMMEND IT.
ALRIGHT.
OH.
WOW!
>> OH.
James: I FEEL IT'S A PRODIGY VIDEO.
>> DON'T WASTE IT THIS IS POTASSIUM CHLORIDE.
A DIFFERENT ATOM.
EACH ATOM MAKES IT'S OWN COLOR.
EACH METAL HAS IT'S OWN COLOR.
>> James: OH, I LOVE THIS.
I LOVE.
THAT I COULD GET NO THAT.
>> I TELL YOU -- I THINK -- James: GETTING QUITE A POWER
KICK OUT OF THIS.
>> THIS IS COPPER SULFATE.
James: YOU COME TO AMERICA QUITE A LOT.
YOU HAVE DONE QUITE A LOT OF THESE.
YOU LIVE IN NORTH LONDON.
BE HONEST, ARE YOU MAKING AND SELLING METH?
BE HONEST WITH ME.
>> WELL -- James: AS A SIDE HUSTLE.
>> NO I COME FOR THE FREE CA CANIBAS.
>> James: KWROERBOH, THIS IS LIK YOU SEE IN A PYROTECHNIC SHOW.
>> THIS IS LITHIUM.
James: OH, MY.
IDEALLY WOULD I LOVE TO WALK IN MY HOUSE AND THAT WOULD FLAME
THERE.
I WOULD WALK IN AND GO, HEY BABE.
ALRIGHT.
SHOULD WE TURN THAT OFF.
THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
HOW DO I KNOCK THAT OFF.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US NEXT?
>> NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET COOL?
James: COOL.
>> COOL.
James: I'M COOL, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> THIS IS LIQUID NITROGEN.
THAT'S MINUS 321° FAHRENHEIT.
WE HAVE BISCUITS.
SKWRAOEUFPLT LIKE SKWRAEU>> Jame >> YES.
YOU HOLD IT.
DON'T WASTE TIME.
DO YOU ALWAYS EAT WITH YOUR MOUTH OPEN.
>> James: YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M TRYING TO SHOW -- LOOK AT YOU.
THEY'RE DELICIOUS.
REG.
>> YA.
>> LET'S GIVE REGGIE ONE.
GIVE REGGIE -- >> James: REGGIE WANTS DRAGON
BREATH.
>> THAT WILL SLOW -- James: WAIT, GO.
[LAUGHING] >> James: ALRIGHT.
WOW.
WE HAVE SEEN WHAT REGGIE LOOKED LIKE ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
[LAUGHING] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> DO YOU MAKE ICE CREAM AT HOME?
>> James: DO I?
NO, NEVER MADE ICE CREAM IN MY LIFE.
I HAVE EATEN SOME.
THAT WON'T SHOCK YOU.
>> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE ICE CREAM.
>> James: DAYS.
>> THIS DOES IT IN THREE MINUTES.
WE WILL USE LIQUID NITROGEN.
>> James: NOW THIS IS SCIENCE I LIKE.
>> IF THEY DID THIS AT SCHOOL -- IF YOU MADE ICE CREAM
IN THREE MINUTES.
THAT WILL BE THE BEST THING WE HAVE DONE ON THIS SHOW.
>> CAN YOU MIX THE INGREDIENTS.
James: JUST PUT ALL FOUR OF THESE IN HERE.
WHAT ARE THESE.
>> AND USE ELBOW GREASE.
James: WHAT IS IT?
CHOCOLATE, MILK, VANILLA AND SUGAR.
>> YES.
James: I HAVE TO PUT GLOVES ON BEFORE I STIR THIS.
>> YOU CERTAINLY SHOULD IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR FINGERS.
>> James: I WOULD LIKE.
TO I HAVE TO STIR THIS AROUND.
HOW QUICKLY DO I HAVE TO STIR IT?
>> COOL IT DOWN.
IT'S A LIQUID AT THE MOMENT.
AS IT COOLS IT BECOMES A SOLID OF COURSE.
THAT'S THE POINT.
OFF YOU GO.
>> James: OKAY.
STIR NOW.
I'M STIRRING.
OH, MY GOSH.
I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A MOVIE WITH LIKE MICHELE PHIFFER AND CHER.
[LAUGHING] >> WHOA.
James: WHOA.
I FEEL SOMETHING HAPPENING.
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING NOW IN THERE.
>> WH WHAT IS HAPPENING?
James: IT'S GROWING HOT.
MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT!
SHUT UP.
WAIT, HANG ON.
HOLDUP.
HERE WE GO.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> James: OH MY -- THIS IS THE
BEST SEGMENT WE HAVE EVER DONE.
>> I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME --
>> James: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
>> TOPPINGS.
James: GET TOPPINGS ON THIS.
SUCH A DELICATE TOUCH, ROBERT.
WOW.
LET ME TRY.
OH, SHUT UP.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> James: ALRIGHT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NEXT?
>> THIS IS VERY COLD INDEED.
James: YES.
>> NOW I WANT TO YOU STAND BACK A LITTLE BIT.
TELL ME WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN I PUT THIS BALLOON IN THE LIQUID
NITROGEN.
>> James: IT WILL, IT WILL POP.
[LAUGHING] >> James: OH, WOW.
SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THERE NOW?
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
>> ALL OF THE GAS INSIDE THAT.
THE AIR WHICH IS A BREATH THAT BLEW UP THE BALLOON IS
CONTRACTING LEAVING A TINY AMOUNT OF ICE, JUST THEIR SALIVA
IN THE BALLOON.
>> James: ONLY THE SALIVA IN THE BALLOON.
>> WHAT HAS HAPPENED OF COURSE IS THE GAS HAS CONTACTED.
SO NOW WE HAVE GOT A EMPTY BALLOON.
>> James: YA.
>> AS IT WARMS UP, OF COURSE THE GAS EXPANDS.
THE BALLOON DOESN'T BURST.
ACTUALLY YOU END UP -- >> James: THAT WILL TURN BACK.
>> TO A NORMAL BALLOON.
James: LET'S WATCH IT.
[LAUGHING] >> THIS IS FUN.
James: DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FOLKS.
OH MY GOD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS PRINCIPLE WITH THE NEXT --
>> James: HANG ON CAN I TOUCH THAT NOW.
>> YOU CAN.
James: CAN I?
>> YES.
SKWRAOEUFPLT LO LOOK AT THAT, FOLKS.
STRAIGHT BACK, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S GONE.
ALRIGHT.
WHAT IS NEXT, MY LORD.
>> YOU DON'T MIND PUTTING THOSE ON.
RIGHT, WHAT WE WILL DO NOW IS USE THAT PRINCIPLE OF GASES
EXPANDING UNDER HEAT AND CONTRACTING WHEN THEY'RE COLD
WITH THIS.
>> James: OKAY.
>> WE HAVE HERE -- James: A BIT OF ICE CREAM
THERE ON THE OLD -- THROUGH GO.
>> UMMM.
Jim: OKAY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
>> THIS IS BOILING.
James: FULL OF BOILING WATER.
>> NO, IT HAS HOT GAS INSIDE IT ABOUT IT 12° TPAEURPB HEIGHT.
WE WILL STOP IT.
>> James: WITH THIS?
>> YES.
ON THE TOP THERE.
>> James: OKAY.
IS THAT ALRIGHT?
>> CAREFUL.
BE CAREFUL.
>> James: ROBERT, YOU'RE A MAVERICK WHEN YOU'RE OUT HERE.
WE ARE TIGHTENING IT UP.
>> AIRTIGHT.
James: NOT THE EASIEST WITH OVEN GLOVES.
>> IT'S UNDER ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, OUTSIDE.
>> James: DON'T MOCK ME, MADAM.
[LAUGHING] >> James: YOU HAVE EVER DONE
THIS.
OKAY.
ALRIGHT.
THERE WE GO.
THAT IS TIGHT.
>> STRONG.
James: YES.
WHAT DO WE DO?
>> PUT IT IN THE ICE BOX.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
>> James: OKAY.
THEN WHAT HAPPENS.
>> WE WILL ROLL IT OVER.
James: ROLL IT.
OKAY.
>> THINK YOU SHOULD STAND BACK.
James: WHY?
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
[LAUGHING] >> James: WHOA!
[BEEP] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> James: BRILLIANT.
PROFESSOR ROBERT WINSTON IS BRILLIANT.
HIS CHILDREN'S BOOK "THE AMAZING BODY MACHINE" IS OUT NOW AND
AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.
STAY TUNED, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪