in modern-day fireworks is the same as it was 500 years ago, advances in chemistry have allowed us to create spectacular displays we enjoy today. Join our speaker, Chris Mocella as he describes the ...

What’s more exciting than watching fireworks explode in a bright cacophony of color after being launched hundreds of feet in to the air? Learning about the chemical process that makes it happen of ...

Everyone loves fireworks, but it's safe to say that few love them as much as does Dr. John Conkling. An adjunct professor of chemistry at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and a past ...

Narrator: That's John Conkling. He's one of the world's leading experts in pyrotechnics, and he says the problem comes down to chemistry. You see, to make fireworks, you need four basic components ...