Review of The Story of Science

When considering what are we made of, the show spends more time in whizz bang and spectacle rather than connecting up the development of concepts of chemistry. John Dalton is not mentioned and Mendeleevs periodic table of elements is missed altogether as is Moseleys modifications to atomic number. Atomic structure investigations by Rutherford is missed skipping directly to quantum superposition of electrons in the atom with no narrative of the conceptual development which led to the thinking. Very poor description of how we got to where we are.