On this date in 1999, the great physicist Glen Seaborg died. Seaborg was
the discoverer of ten elements, including plutonium, and more than 100
isotopes - winning the Nobel prize in 1951. Element 106 is named after him.
And there is new action on this date which could make it a red letter
day, so to speak... kinda like the Scarlett letter??
It would be a fitting tribute if the "Thermacore runaway experiment"
being run today by Brian Ahern was to succeed (by self-destructing as
planned). It would open up a new era in Physics ...
...but don't let the heat (so to speak) get to you Brian ...
