The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements Unruly Elements (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 54 min | Biography, History

The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements

Unruly Elements (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 54 min | Biography, History

Over a single weekend in 1869, a young Russian chemistry professor named Dmitri Mendeleev invents the Periodic Table, bringing order to the growing gaggle of elements. But this sense of order is shattered when a Polish graduate student ...See moreOver a single weekend in 1869, a young Russian chemistry professor named Dmitri Mendeleev invents the Periodic Table, bringing order to the growing gaggle of elements. But this sense of order is shattered when a Polish graduate student named Marie Sklodowska Curie discovers radioactivity, revealing that elements can change identities - and that atoms must have undiscovered parts inside them. Written by PBS website See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
John Allegra Sleigh Driver Sleigh Driver See fewer	The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)
Michael Aronov Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Mendeleev See fewer	The Drop (2014)
Jane Becker Mendeleev's Housekeeper Mendeleev's Housekeeper See fewer	The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)
Justin Blanchard Andre-Louis Debierne Andre-Louis Debierne See fewer	Amos' Bride (2024)
Gene Ravvin Aleksandr Inostrantsev Aleksandr Inostrantsev See fewer	Proud Mary (2018)
Martin Rayner Eugene-Anatole Demarçay Eugene-Anatole Demarçay See fewer	Problem Child (1990)
Sebastian Roché Pierre Curie Pierre Curie See fewer	1923 (2022)
Juliet Rylance Marie Curie Marie Curie See fewer	Sinister (I) (2012)
Catherine Walleck Eve Curie Eve Curie See fewer	The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)
Jim Gates Self Self See fewer	The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)
Michael Gordin Self Self See fewer	The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)
David Kaiser Actor Actor See fewer	The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)
Lawrence Principe Self Self See fewer	The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)
Dagmar Ringe Self Self See fewer	The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)
Oliver Sacks Self Self See fewer	Awakenings (1990)
Eric Scerri Self Self See fewer	Go Fact Yourself (2021)
Michael Emerson Narrator (uncredited) Narrator (uncredited) See fewer	Saw (2004)