The element Polonium was named after Poland, the home country of its co-discoverer Marie Curie. At the time of it's discovery, Poland was split under the control of the Russian Empire, the German Empire, and Austro-Hungarian Empire. Curie hoped that naming the element would spark a political move for the independence of Poland.
That's really interesting!
ReplyDeleteGood gracious! This is another very interesting fact. I had no idea.
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Great woman! a reference for all of us.
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she was a wise woman and a great scientist
ReplyDeleteYay for Curie:)
ReplyDeleteI've never even heard of Polonium. Was that what gave her radioactive poisoning or was it the other 2-million radioactive things she worked with?
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ReplyDeleteInteresting! It reflects well on Marie Curie's lack of ego that she didn't just name it after herself. Lots of scientists would have.
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First I've heard of Polonium too
ReplyDeletePolonium...never heard of it. Cool.
ReplyDeleteThat whole independence thing had to wait a few more years though, huh?
She was an incredible and inspirational woman. Way ahead of her time.
ReplyDeletethey really have interesting way of naming things
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