• Question: Do You Know The Whole Pirodic Table Of By Heart?

    Asked by gonegaming to Ben, Dave, Ed, Sam, Susana on 21 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by 11ebourne.
    • Photo: Ed Lowe

      Ed Lowe answered on 21 Jun 2013:


      No, although I’m sure some people do. Fortunately it’s always possible to look it up, but like most things once you become familiar with it you’ll find that you remember large parts of it almost without trying.

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      Sam Horrell answered on 21 Jun 2013:


      I probably couldn’t even tell you the first 10. The great thing about higher education is you don’t have to remember stuff like that, you just look it up in a book or on the internet when you need to.

    • Photo: David Briggs

      David Briggs answered on 21 Jun 2013:


      Oh no, not at all.

      I remember a few important stats and figure for elements that I use all the time, but I have an app on my phone to look others up, and there is a periodic table on the wall in the lab.

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      Benjamin Hall answered on 21 Jun 2013:


      Nope.

      Once you get beyond school and sixth form remembering stuff like that is a bit of a waste of time. I even remember a few lecturers at university specifically telling us to avoid ‘memorising’ things, but rather to think about things.

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