Senior Lab Technician Neil Barnes collects a Royal Society Medal for his outstanding work in chemistry labs (and on YouTube). More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Neil has worked at the University of Nottingham since 1977 - and is the man behind most demonstrations and experiments in our videos. Read more about Neil's prize: https://www.bradyharanblog.com/blog/congratulations-to-neil-barnes Neil tribute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3NRLnrgbXc A video from Brady's Objectivity series about Hauksbee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1juZqQ0d0U Sir Martyn receives his knighthood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilt0xvYnNXU Brady receives an honour: https://www.bradyharanblog.com/blog/oam-investiture-at-windsor-castle 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 From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/NottChem 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/ Music by Alan Stewart Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9