# Poliakoff on Viagra

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poliakoff-on-viagra/618012>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 6, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poliakoff-on-viagra/618012 "2012-04-06T17:03:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poliakoff-on-viagra/618012/1 "2012-04-06T17:03:34Z")

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Never has Viagra been explained so well and so funnily:

> **[Viagra - The Periodic Table of Videos does Molecules](http://www.periodicvideos.com/videos/mv_viagra.htm)**
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> We take a look at the chemistry of the blockbuster drug Viagra. Part of the Periodic Table of Videos series about molecules.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poliakoff-on-viagra/618012/2 "2012-04-06T18:13:24Z")

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That was a very cool, to the point video.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poliakoff-on-viagra/618012/3 "2012-04-06T18:43:53Z")

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Certainly a very different POV. You could, however, see him desperately trying to keep a straight face.