How many songs you know combine great music with intelligent, sensible lyrics which can teach something even the most obtuse student? I might be wrong but in my humble opinon the number is definitely finite. However I am happy to present this week one of such rare songs by Florence and the Machine. It should be called "My Chemical Romance" but its official title is 'Strangeness and Charm' - and that's the only flaw. Even sworn, die-hard humanists might start loving science after listening to it! Enjoy!
Hydrogen in our veins, it cannot hold itself, my blood is burning
And the pressure in our bodies, that echoes up above, it is exploding
And our particles that burn, it is all because they yearn for each other
And although we stick together, it seems that we are estranging one another
So, Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and Charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and Charm)
And atom to atom oh can you feel it on me love and
A pattern to pattern oh can you see it on me love
Atom to atom oh what's the matter with me love
Strangeness and Charm
The static from your arms, it is a catalyst
You're a chemical that burns, there is nothing like this
It's the purest element, but it's so volatile
An equation heaven sent, a drug for angels
Strangeness and Charm
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and Charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and Charm)
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/f/florence_and_the_machine/strangeness_and_charm.html ]
And atom to atom oh can you feel it on me love and
A pattern to pattern oh can you see it on me love
Atom to atom oh what's the matter with me love
Strangeness and Charm
The static from your arms, it is a catalyst
You're a chemical that burns, there is nothing like this
It's the purest element, but it's so volatile
An equation heaven sent, a drug for angels
Strangeness and Charm
Yeahhhhh so, Jump
Strangeness and Charm
Yeahhhhh so, Jump
Strangeness and Charm
Yeahhhhh so, Jump
Strangeness and Charm
Yeahhhhh, oh yeah
Strangeness and Charm
The static from your arms, it is a catalyst
You're a chemical that burns, there is nothing like this
It's the purest element, but it's so volatile
An equation heaven sent, a drug for angels
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and Charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and Charm)
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
Feel it on me love
(Strangeness and Charm)
See it on me love
See it on me love
See it on me love
(Strangeness and Charm)
Oh, Oh, Down, Down down down
Oh, Oh, Down, Down down down
Oh, Oh, Down, Down down down
Oh, Oh, Down, Down down down
Ha
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Now something about hydrogen, just to prove how educational these lyrics really are:
Hydrogen is found all throughout the universe. It is very flammable and is also found in most life forms, especially plants. We consume daily doses of hydrogen through water and food.
It is the first element in Group 1 of the periodic table. Ordinary hydrogen gas is made up of diatomic molecules (H2) that react with oxygen to form water (H2O) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), usually as a result of combustion. A jet of hydrogen burns in air with a very hot blue flame. The flame produced by a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gases (as in the oxyhydrogen blowpipe) is extremely hot and is used in welding and to melt quartz and certain glasses. Hydrogen gas must be used with caution because it is highly flammable; it forms easily ignited explosive mixtures with oxygen or with air (because of the oxygen in the air). At high temperatures hydrogen is a chemically active mixture of monohydrogen (atomic hydrogen) and the normal diatomic hydrogen.
Hydrogen has a great affinity for oxygen and is a powerful reducing agent.
It is theoretically possible for hydrogen to exhibit the properties of a metal, such as electrical conductivity. Although researchers have been able to squeeze hydrogen into liquid and crystalline solid states through applications of intense heat, cold, and pressure, the metallic form eluded them until 1996. By compressing liquid hydrogen to nearly 2 million atmospheres pressure and a temperature of 4,400K, a team at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory created metallic hydrogen for a millionth of a second. While there is no practical application for the accomplishment, proof of the existence of a metallic form of hydrogen may have implications for theories of how Jupiter's magnetic field is produced.
How easier it is to remember all this info having the song lyrics in mind...
My source: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0858720.html#ixzz1wS1kKGMu
It is theoretically possible for hydrogen to exhibit the properties of a metal, such as electrical conductivity. Although researchers have been able to squeeze hydrogen into liquid and crystalline solid states through applications of intense heat, cold, and pressure, the metallic form eluded them until 1996. By compressing liquid hydrogen to nearly 2 million atmospheres pressure and a temperature of 4,400K, a team at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory created metallic hydrogen for a millionth of a second. While there is no practical application for the accomplishment, proof of the existence of a metallic form of hydrogen may have implications for theories of how Jupiter's magnetic field is produced.
How easier it is to remember all this info having the song lyrics in mind...
My source: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0858720.html#ixzz1wS1kKGMu
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