Element 120 -Dining At the Periodic Table

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Professor Martyn Poliakoff discusses the search for the so-called "island of stability". (Note his Periodic Table tie!:))

 

I was of course taken by his hair, being very deficient in that department myself. But then I noticed his necktie, subtle but says a lot. I hope they find their island of stability, because I don't see that they're accomplishing much by manufacturing huge atoms that degenerate in a tiny fraction of a nano second. On the subject of islands of stability, I'm hoping I'll find one now that I've reached 80, but now I'm rambling again.
 
Oh, Sure. I understand all of that and I don't even have a lot of hair or even a necktie like his.

But whenever I think about it, I have to slip into my lead-lined jock strap to keep me from becoming a soprano.
 

Josiah09 said:
I was of course taken by his hair, being very deficient in that department myself. But then I noticed his necktie, subtle but says a lot. I hope they find their island of stability, because I don't see that they're accomplishing much by manufacturing huge atoms that degenerate in a tiny fraction of a nano second. On the subject of islands of stability, I'm hoping I'll find one now that I've reached 80, but now I'm rambling again.
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His hair....his tie....and of course his SOCKS!:)
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Gargantuanium Gg sounds like a winner Josiah! A little long for a teeshirt, but you got my vote!:)
 
Meanderer said:
That was a brilliant blur Phil! Thanks! I remember hearing it on the radio many years back.
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You're welcome - he was a genius.

Of course, the periodic table has changed a bit since I studied it in high school and college - it's getter tougher and tougher to remember all those elements. :(
 

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