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Kids Reading Quotes

“The discovery of curium was part of the Manhattan Project, so it stayed secret until World War II ended. It was supposed to be announced at an American Chemical Society meeting, but was accidentally revealed early on a kids’ radio show. The name was chosen to honor Marie and Pierre Curie for their work in radioactivity.”

“To honor his significant contributions to physics, particularly his work in nuclear science Einstein was an ironic choice for the name of einsteinium since he was a pacifist and opposed to the hydrogen bomb which is what produced this element.”