Psst,
sailor. Want to own a copy of this animation? Tough!
They're temporarily out of stock!!!
Something new!!! Your very own Periodic
Table Shower Curtain!
If
you liked the animation, you'll LOVE Tom Lehrer's music. Click here
for details.
A
story
from the last student in the last class Lehrer ever taught, circa
2001.
Wow! Click here
for the earliest known Tom Lehrer recordings! Wow!
NEW! Video of Tom performing math tunes. Click here.
Click here
for a recent Australian interview with Tom.
Or here,
for an interview with T.L. by The Onion.
And here
is a site offering TONS of Lehrer background info.
Click here
for a 9k PDF file of the lyrics to The Elements.
The 'new
Tom Lehrer?'. Judge for yourself. I like him!
For
those who are interested, I completed primary animation
of Mr. Lehrer's snappy little ditty involving the periodic
tables sometime early in the year 2000. I thereupon added
it to my web site for all to bask in the glory of Saint
Thomas. Shortly thereafter I was contacted by friends
of Mr. Lehrer who said that he had seen the animation
and was quite pleased with the result. My happiness gland
soon exploded from delight overload.
Six years, and about two million downloads later, I was
contacted by the WestEd company who thought the animation
would be a valuable resource to offer to their education-oriented
audience. After some minor financial haggling they, Tom,
and I agreed to the deal and the animation can now be
found on Art Sussman's "Dr. Art Does Science"
DVD. I couldn't be more pleased.
Since 2000 the animation has gone through several minor
changes, mostly involving the addition of new elements.
I've often received emails asking if I'll continue to
update the work, adding even newer elements as they come
along, and my answer is no. The main reason is I now consider
it an historical relic, in the same way one would not
add the modern Italian skyline to the background of the
Mona Lisa. The more practical reason is that I've simply
run out of audio footprint in which to squeeze the new
names. A shave and a haircut will only stretch so far.
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