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One of his most famous works is entitled "The Elements" and it's really nothing more than
the elements of the periodic table (as of 1955) sung "to a vaguely recognizable tune", as Mr.
Lehrer put it. Although this may sound rather simple I dare you to sing along.
The following is my animated tribute to the song in Flash format.

The early 1950's are remembered as an introspective and conservative time in the history of
America, but it fostered a man who broke the post-war tedium with songs featuring a dark and
sardonic wit. With titles like "The Masochism Tango" and "The Vatican Rag" he helped redefine the
voice of satire in American popular music.
His name was Tom Lehrer and he was, of all things, a mathematics professor at Harvard
University. Schooled in music, he would often regale his comrades at campus events with
outrageous songs and parodies featuring topical events. His performances became so popular that
in 1953 he produced his first album and then proceeded to tour the world entertaining audiences
with, as one critic put it -"Two hours of satanic merriment". Two more albums followed and, I'm
happy to report, all three are still available in CD format. In 1960, and weary from seven years on
the road, he retired from the stage to return to teaching mathematics at Harvard, and then M.I.T.

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"The Elements"

Lyrics by Tom Lehrer

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan

Animation by Mike Stanfill

antimony

arsenic

aluminum

selenium

rhenium

neodymium

neptunium

germanium

iron

americium

ruthenium

europium

zirconium

lutetium

vanadium

lanthanum

osmium

astatine

radium

gold

protactinium

indium

gallium

iodine

thorium

thulium

thallium

yttrium

ytterbium

actinium

rubidium

boron

gadolinium

niobium

iridium

ilicon

trontium

ilver

amarium

ismuth

romine

lithium

eryllium

arium

holmium

helium

hafnium

erbium

phosphorus

francium

fluorine

terbium

anganese

ercury

olybdinum

agnesium

dys

pro

scandium

cerium

cesium

lead

platinum

plutonium

pluto

nium

paladium

promethium

potassium

polonium

antalum

echnetium

itanium

ellurium

tellurium

cadmium

calcium

chromium

curium

sulfur

californium

fermium

berkelium

mendelevium

einsteinium

nobelium

argon

krypton

neon

radon

xenon

zinc

rhodium

chlorine

carbon

cobalt

copper

tungsten

tin

sodium

These are the only ones

of which the news has come to Harvard

And there may be many others

but they haven't been discovered.

lawrencium (1961)

rutherfordium (1964)

dubnium (1967)

seaborgium (1974)

bohrium (1981)

hassium (1984)

meitnerium (1982)

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