• Question: do you like the word einsteinium?

    Asked by totallygnarly to Charlie, Eoin, Jemma, Julian, Steve on 17 Mar 2011.
    • Photo: Charlie Ryan

      Charlie Ryan answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Einsteinium – yeah that’s pretty cool. I like the manufactured elements slightly crazy names!! and the way they are named after people or places!
      Charlieryanium has a good sound to it i think! or maybe totallygnarlyium!!?

    • Photo: Stephen Moss

      Stephen Moss answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi Totallygnarly

      Yeah, it’s a nice word, but I prefer sesquipedalistic.

    • Photo: Julian Rayner

      Julian Rayner answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Gnarly, you are gnarling me out. Definitely cool that a great scientist like Einstein has an element named in their honour. There should be a competition so that all scientists can nominate their favourite scientist to be honoured like that, if we ever have another spare element to name…

    • Photo: Jemma Ransom

      Jemma Ransom answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      It’s a very cool word, and it honours one of the greatest scientists of all time, Einstein.

    • Photo: Eoin Lettice

      Eoin Lettice answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi totally,
      I do! It’s an interesting element named after a great scientist. Perhaps one day you’ll have your own element…. gnarlonium ??

      Eoin

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