“Most of my scientific work has been basic research. There were no immediate uses for my discoveries, but today the radioisotopes are the workhorses of nuclear medicine, an isotope of plutonium is a major energy source in the space program, and the element americium is critical to the smoke detectors in every house in the country.” Has BeensCountryUseTodayHouseEnergySpaceSourceElementsMajorsResearchDiscoveryProgramMedicineCriticalNuclearSmokeEnergy SourcesSpace ProgramPlutoniumBasic ResearchIsotopes Author:Glenn T. Seaborg
“I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word 'dude.' 'Dude, these are isotopes.' 'Dude, we removed your kidney. You're gonna be fine.' 'Dude, I am so stoked to win this Nobel Prize. I just wanna thank Kevin, and Turtle, and all my homies.'” SaidHumorFunnyWinningWonderFineIntelligentPrizeI'm SorryNobelNobel PrizeKevinTurtlesKidneysHomiesIsotopes Author:Demetri Martin
“But carbon 13 [the carbon from corn] doesn't lie, and researchers who have compared the isotopes in the flesh or hair of Americans to those in the same tissues of Mexicans report that it is now we in the North who are the true people of corn.... Compared to us, Mexicans today consume a far more varied carbon diet: the animals they eat still eat grass (until recently, Mexicans regarded feeding corn to livestock as a sacrilege); much of their protein comes from legumes; and they still sweeten their beverages with cane sugar. So that's us: processed corn, walking.” PeopleStillsTodayLyingAnimalHairWalkingFleshGrassDietsReportsSugarCarbonFeedingCornResearchersProteinTissuesBeveragesLivestockSacrilegeTrue PeopleIsotopes Author:Michael Pollan
“We hope that this honor you have done us will bring the time of further realization of these benefits closer and will help all mankind to live better and be happier through the atom and isotopes.” DoneHelpingMankindHonorBenefitsRealizationAtomsIsotopes Author:Willard Libby
“Gripping. Fascinating. Entrancing. The Vesuvius Isotope is 2013's Top Thriller!” FascinatingThrillersGrippingIsotopes Author:Carolyn Hart