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Periodic Table Table

Posted by chrisd on from the and-soon-settees-for-science dept.

Ed Pegg Jr writes "Theo Gray, a co-creator of Mathematica, was originally a chemist. Needing a conference table, he created a Periodic Table using a variety of woods." It seems Theo is missing some elements for the table, in case you have any spare europium (in a proper container, of course) lying about. This isn't Theo's first piece of furniture. It looks like he has left a few spots for new elements, and it is nicely modular, in the event an element is found not to exist.

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  1. Doc said... by grung0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'm sure in 1985 Plutonium can be bought in every corner drug store, but in 1955, it's a little hard to come by."

  2. I too... by mgblst · · Score: 5, Funny

    am constructing a Periodic Table, and i am just short of a few elemnets, Au and Ag, so if anybody has any spare, can they send them to me. Perferably in an appropriate conatiner, say a large truck.

    Here we can see Theo Gray hard at work.

  3. Added bonus... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you put your plate on highly radioactive elements, your food will stay warm.

  4. I tried a similar project. by Captain+Nitpick · · Score: 5, Funny

    I tried making a mandelbrot set table once.

    I gave up because it seemed like there was always an endless amount of detail work left to do.

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    But then again, I could be wrong.
  5. last one at the table by lxs · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...gets the "uranium seat" (it's just a name son, don't worry about it)

  6. In a few days... by Emil+Brink · · Score: 5, Funny

    when some other esteemed editor reposts this, it'll be the Periodic Periodic Table Table story, and I will be even happier. ;^)

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    main(O){10<putchar(4^--O?77-(15&5128 >>4*O):10)&&main(2+O);}
  7. Hmmm. by Gannoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hey, nice table!"
    "Thanks, it took me several w... OH JESUS CHRIST NO, DON'T OPEN THAT!"

    (screaming and choking as they both inhale florine gas)

    (dying breath): "Just...wanted...to...be...thorough.."

  8. Tom Lehrer by XNormal · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Now, if I may digress momentarily from the mainstream of this evening's symposium, I'd like to sing a song which is completely pointless, but is something which I picked up during my career as a scientist. This may prove useful to some of you some day, perhaps, in a somewhat bizarre set of circumstances. It's simply the names of the chemical elements set to a possibly recognizable tune. "

    The elements

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    Stop worrying about the risks of nuclear power and start worrying about the risks of not using nuclear power.