Professor Chris Bishop, presenter of the 2008 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, leads us through a spectacular tour of the curious, and sometimes surprising, world of chemistry.<br /><br />Visit the Ri Channel for more information and footnotes: http://richannel.org/chemical-curiosities-surprising-science-and-dramatic-demonstrations<br /><br />Watch the 2012 Christmas Lectures in full on the Ri Channel: http://bit.ly/VJM09x<br /><br />The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science<br />and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution<br />Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://richannel.org/newsletter