Mendeleev, unlike the squeamish Meyer, had balls enough to predict that new elements would be dug up. Look harder, you chemists and geologists, he seemed to taunt, and you’ll find them.
If anything runs deeper than a mathematician’s love of variables, it’s a scientist’s love of constants. - Sam Kean
If anything runs deeper than a mathematician’s love of variables, it’s a scientist’s love of constants.
- Sam Kean
Art, in other words, betrays a sexy mental fitness. - Sam Kean
Art, in other words, betrays a sexy mental fitness.
Because our lungs regularly deal with carbon dioxide, they see nothing wrong with absorbing its cousin, SiO2, which can be fatal. Many dinosaurs migh… - Sam Kean
Because our lungs regularly deal with carbon dioxide, they see nothing wrong with absorbing its cousin, SiO2, which can be fatal. Many dinosaurs migh…
Lithium tweaks many mood-altering chemicals in the brain, and its effects are complicated. Most interesting, lithium seems to reset the body’s circad… - Sam Kean
Lithium tweaks many mood-altering chemicals in the brain, and its effects are complicated. Most interesting, lithium seems to reset the body’s circad…
So if big enough droplets fell far enough fast enough, someone floating right near the metallic hydrogen layer inside Jupiter maybe, just maybe, coul… - Sam Kean
So if big enough droplets fell far enough fast enough, someone floating right near the metallic hydrogen layer inside Jupiter maybe, just maybe, coul…
Mendeleev, unlike the squeamish Meyer, had balls enough to predict that new elements would be dug up. Look harder, you chemists and geologists, he se… - Sam Kean
Mendeleev, unlike the squeamish Meyer, had balls enough to predict that new elements would be dug up. Look harder, you chemists and geologists, he se…
In these days before antiseptics, doctors themselves also suffered high mortality rates. Florence Nightingale, a nurse during the Crimean War (1853-1… - Sam Kean
In these days before antiseptics, doctors themselves also suffered high mortality rates. Florence Nightingale, a nurse during the Crimean War (1853-1…
Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius. - Sam Kean
Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius.
Iron is the final peal of a star’s natural life. - Sam Kean
Iron is the final peal of a star’s natural life.
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