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We look at a published chemical structure for the mythical Spice Melange from the Dune science fiction series. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Jessie Groves (senior technician), Martyn Poliakoff and Robert Stockman. Thanks also to Finlay Dowton, Konstantina Nikolaou, Albert Reynolds, and Zachary Douglas (who is a postgrad, not an undergrad!) The structure was published in the Dune Encyclopedia - https://archive.org/details/dune-encyclopedia/page/376/mode/2up Dune books (Amazon affiliate link) - https://amzn.to/3uy43Mw See The Prof discuss the chemistry of Breaking Bad: https://youtu.be/89PCYdMRtjQ https://youtu.be/jA_tde6lUHI School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/NottChem Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at http://twitter.com/periodicvideos This episode was also generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran: http://www.bradyharan.com/ Brady's Blog: http://www.bradyharanblog.com Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9