Glenn Seaborg
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Glenn Seaborg added ten elements to those known elements set out in the periodic table. The first element created by Seaborg at the University of California, Berkeley, was plutonium. He went to Berkeley in 1934 and created plutonium in 1940. He later joined the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb. He asked for Japan to be provided with a demonstration of the bomb in order to give the Japanese an opportunity to surrender, before the bomb was dropped on a city. This request was not heeded, and Nagasaki was bombed in Aug 1945.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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Sir Fred Hoyle
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UK scientist and astronomer Fred Hoyle, who has died at the age of 86, made a great contribution to science despite often controversial theories. His work on the creation of heavy elements was influential, unlike his views on the Big Bang and how life spreads from planet to planet.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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Sir Mark Oliphant
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The life and work of Mark Oliphant, Australian scientist, and former South Australia governor, are examined in detail.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2000
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