Tapputi Belatekallim: The First Chemical Engineer, Great Minds

A perfumer from Ancient Babylon named TapputiBelatekallim is possibly history s first recorded chemist, and some of the techniques she used are still in practice today. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Jb Taishoff, BdTmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: Sources: Image Sources: