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Who was the only inhabitant of the Earth whose postal address could be made up of the names of chemical elements?

The International Union of Fundamental and Applied Chemistry legalized in September 1997 the names of six artificial superheavy elements: rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium, hassium and meitnerium. The names are given mainly in honor of scientists who have made great contributions to nuclear physics. Only one hundred and fifth element is named after the city of Dubna, where the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is located.

The name "seaborgium" is unique in that for the first time a chemical element is named after a scientist during his lifetime.

We are talking about the American physicist Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999), who worked at the Lawrence National Laboratory in Berkeley (California). A columnist for the American popular science magazine "Discovery" noted in this regard that Seaborg is the only inhabitant of the Earth whose mailing address can be made up of the names of chemical elements (they are given in honor of America, California, the city of Berkeley and the Lawrence Laboratory itself): Americium, California, Berkelium, Lawrencium, Seaborgium.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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