[Info-vax] Where is EISNER:: and who funds it?
alanfe...@gmail.com
alanfeldman48 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 27 16:22:01 EST 2021
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 9:43:48 AM UTC-5, Michael Kraemer @ home wrote:
> alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
> >
>
> well, given you are on a patriotic trip ...
I went on a "patriotic trip" because people here were bashing Americans for not switching from Fahrenheit to Celsius. OK? Seems only fair to me to bash back.
Hey, Europe is now the king of particle physics, not America. But we are still doing experiments at Fermi lab. A few other biggies might still be running. I've been out of the field for quite a while, so I'd have to look them up.
> > The rest of the world doesn't have several elements named after American entities: Americium, Berkelium, Californium, Tennessine, Lawrencium (a lab in California). Can any other country beat that?
> Easily, even if we add those you have forgotten (Sg, Lv):
> Ge Re Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Es
> all have German context.
>
> Finding those elements with French, Russian or Swedish context I leave
> as a homework for you.
Sorry, I meant manufactured elements that don't exist in nature.
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