The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Trans-fermium Working Group
decided in 1971 the Berkeley had discovered lawrencium
even though Berkeley’s data was unconvincing,
and decided in 1992
that Dubna’s data was more convincing
and that, regardless, both Berkeley and Dubna
had discovered lawrencium.
Tertiary effects
Like a professional saboteur,
he has no permanent address.
We know he’s been in town
because machines at the factory are broken.
If he had a step-child,
and if his step-child had a daughter,
she wouldn’t know
what he did for a living.
You could call it a living,
or you could call it an infliction.
All we know is that it leaves a toxic trail
difficult to attribute to a cause.
At this point it seems that growing the list of transuranic elements
served only a technical or academic purpose.
The results show great ingenuity and teamwork,
but have extremely limited usefulness.
At this point it seems that growing the list of transuranic elements served only a technical or academic purpose. The results show great ingenuity and teamwork, but have extremely limited usefulness.
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