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...while chemists called the new elements "pandemonium" and "delirium." Then one of them took a dive into Greek mythology and discovered that Pluto, god of Hades, had a goddess-friend, Persephone. Element 95, he suggested, should be named "persephonium...
...what about Element 96? Had the ruler of Hades no chick nor child? Pluto had kidnapped Persephone, and since Greek gods usually kidnapped because their hearts were in it, and goddesses were seldom barren, there might well have been a by-blow. Element 96. he reasoned, might be called "bastardium...
...this point, serious minds took charge again. Last fortnight, at the convention of the American Chemical Society in Atlantic City, Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, chief human begetter of the two elements, officially named Element 95 "americium" (after the two Americas) and Element 96 "curium" (after the two Curies...
Whatever the effect of this controversy may be, Harvard's President stands as mentor to the powerful science-in-government element that has Washington more or less in awe. It was only logical that Secretary of State Byrnes should take him to Moscow as technical adviser. At the meetings Molotov's lumbering attempts to be gay about the "bomb that Dr. Conant carries in his vest pocket" brought an open apology from Stalin. It is evident that the Kremlin is not taking lightly this new influence on American affairs. The Russian experience may be only the first of many encounters...
...Every element and compound can be tagged in this way. Within a few years, tracers should be: 1) marking the progress of raw materials through industrial processes, 2) "banding" bacteria as if they were robins, 3) even following the motion of water deep underground...