Chemistry of the Stars

Our Celebrity for Nitrogen

Our celebrity for Nitrogen has to be someone un-reactive - maybe someone cold and slightly miserable. It has to be Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister. he may not be an exciting man but he's a very, very important man. If we wanted Dr. Brown to do anything dramatic, we'd have to do some fairly serious Chemistry to him....

Gordon Brown - our celebrity for Nitrogen

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