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The man who tried to fake an element

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Year2022

Duration1h 19m

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This is the race for the periodic table. Where else you can find me: https://twitter.com/bobbybroccole https://www.patreon.com/bobbybroccoli Big thank you to @CGFigures for the Blender geonodes help: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=N4TYfYf1fjo&ab_channel=CGFigures Further reading: “Superheavy” by Kit Chapman. A decade by decade history of the labs who raced to fill out the periodic table. Excellent introductory text. “The Transuranium People” by Glenn Seaborg, Al Ghiorso and Darleane Hoffman. An insider account of the element race. “When Science Goes Wrong: Twelve Tales from the Dark Side of Discovery” by Simon Levay. Chapter 12 is dedicated to the Ninov scandal and has some interesting (and antagonistic) interviews with Ninov himself after the scandal. “The Disappearing Spoon” by Sam Kean. One chapter very briefly touches on the Ninov scandal. “Committee on the Formal Investigation of Alleged Scientific Misconduct by LBNL Staff Scientist Dr. Victor Ninov”. The Berkeley report on the fraud. "Observation of Superheavy Nuclei Produced in the Reaction of 86 Kr with 208 Pb", the retracted Ninov paper in Physical Review Letters. Nucleide chart dataset: https://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~ecs103/chart/ Music tracks are a mix from the Youtube Audio Library and Epidemic sound. Tracks in order of appearance: Know Myself- Patrick Patrikios Blacksmith - Godmode Boards – Francis Preve Fugent – Lupus Nocte Knowpe – Noir Et Blanc Vie September Pass – Asher Fulero Long Road - Futuremono Stranger Danger – Francis Preve 19th Floor – Bobby Richards Sun Awakening - Futuremono Grasshopper – Quincas Moreira The Beaten Path – Andrew Langdon Dark Matter - Chasms Venetian – Density & Time No Good Right – Freedom Trail Studio Bonos – Coyote Hearing MydNyte – Noir Et Blanc Vie Seductress – Francis Preve Last Echoes – Nylonia Hiding DNA – Skrya Absolutely Nothing – Jeremy Blake Beyond the Lows – The Whole Other Control Sample – Skrya Ether Oar – The Whole Other Familiar Things