7/13/2023 0 Comments Download discworld octarine![]() ![]() (Image Credit: Photo by Adrian Sherratt/REX, (770612f), via ) The late Sir Terry Pratchett at home near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Britain – Now, mythological concept… that might be a bit flexible, mightn’t it? What’s the definition of mythology? Well, according to, it’s: “ a body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person.” And the definition of myth is “ a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.” Namely: “Elements can be named after a mythological concept, a mineral, a place or country, a property or a scientist.” These elements were discovered a little while ago, but the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) – who’s in charge of such things – have only recently verified these discoveries and asked the scientists responsible to suggest names to replace their existing temporary names of ununtrium, ununpentium, ununseptium and ununoctium. Period 7 is finally filled (image credit: IUPAC) ![]()
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