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		<title>Episode 37 &#8211; Science Because We Can</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our guest this week has some serious accolades that would make any geek proud: he has won an Ig Nobel prize (2002), been referenced in a Foxtrot comic, and owns...]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_905" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 247px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-905  " title="Dr. Theo Gray" src="http://laboutloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/theo-gray-296x300.jpg" alt="Dr. Theo Gray" width="237" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Dr. Theo Gray</p></div>
<p>Our guest this week has some serious accolades that would make any geek proud: he has won an <a href="http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html">Ig Nobel prize (2002)</a>, been referenced in a <a href="http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Files/Foxtrot.html">Foxtrot comic</a>, and owns the domain name <a href="http://www.periodictable.com/">periodictable.com</a>.  Dr. Theo Gray talks to us this week about his tables, science experiments and safety, Wolfram Alpha, and even answers some student questions.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Links:</span></p>
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<li><a href="http://theodoregray.com/">TheodoreGray.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://periodictable.com/">PeriodicTable.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/index.html">Wooden Periodic Table</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.popsci.com/graymatter">Gray Matter (<em>Popular Science</em> Column)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/">Wolfram Alpha &#8211; Computational Knowledge Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wolfram.com/">Wolfram Research</a><a href="http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html"></a></li>
<li><a href="http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html">2002 Ig Nobel Winner</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Interviews/ScienceFriday/index.html">Interview on NPR</a></li>
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<p><strong>Books:</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.periodictable.com/theelements/">The Elements</a> (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Visual-Exploration-Every-Universe/dp/1579128149/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1258321907&amp;sr=1-1">get it from Amazon.com</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://graysci.com/">Mad Science</a> (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Theo-Grays-&lt;br &gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mad-Science-Experiments/dp/1579127916">get it from Amazon.com</a>)</li>
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<p><a href="http://graysci.com/chapter-one/making-salt-the-hard-way/"><strong><br />
Making Salt the Hard Way</strong></a><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.popsci.com/bacon"><strong>Bacon: The Other White Heat</strong></a><br />
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