Glenn T. Seaborg

A former chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Seaborg discovered or co-discovered 9 "transuranium" elements: plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium and nobelium. Later, seaborgium was named in his honor, the first element ever named after a living person. His work earned him a shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951, and the National Medal of Science in 1991. His discoveries also led to medical uses of radioactivity, such as the iodine-131 used to treat his mother's cancer in the 1950s. Seaborg died at home in Lafayette, Calif., on February 26 at age 86, of complications from a stroke. From This is True for 21 February 1999 Suggestions for further reading: The Einstein Theory of Relativity by H.A. Lorentz, Albert Einstein Amazon Price: Customer Review: This book is a nice, quick entry point for people looking to learn about Einstein's famous theory. That being said, this should not be the only source of info you use to learn about the subject. As previously mentioned, this article is a...   Hiroshima by John Hersey Amazon Price: $7.50 Customer Review: This review may annoy people who feel strongly about the book or the incident, but Hiroshima really is the dullest read imaginable. I had to teach it to an extension English class and when the time came to discussing the text, all 24 students owned u...   The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Amazon Price: $14.28 Customer Review: definitive. exhaustive. gripping. without a doubt one of the one hundred nonfiction books of the 20th century, and i don't think in this case that is empty hyperbole.   Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (PMC) (Puffin Modern Classics) by Eleanor Coerr Amazon Price: $5.99 Customer Review: "If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again." Sadako was two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on her home town of Hiroshima. Ten years later she developed leukemia as a result o...   American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird Amazon Price: Customer Review: In his memoir of Enrico Fermi, Emilio Segre (who won a Nobel Prize in physics) wrote of Oppenheimer, "His prestige and ascendancy were great among his close entourage, but he sometimes appeared amateurish and snobbish to people more remote from him, ...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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