isotopes

This guest post is written by Norman Holden, a Brookhaven scientist in the National Nuclear Data Center and a member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). After receiving his Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the Catholic University of America, he spent a decade at the GE Knolls Atomic Power Lab before joining Brookhaven in 1974. He is the chair of an IUPAC subgroup that is producing a periodic table meant to show high school and college students the importance of isotopes in everyday life. Norman Holden When the clock struck midnight on Saturday morning, we rang in…
The latest news in what the journos are calling the "isotope crisis" reminds us why, even for the biggest supporters of Science Debate 2008, there's something more important than a scientifically literate president. While I'm still in favor of the science blogosphere's new Mission: Impossible ;;;;; convincing even a handful of presidential contenders to publicly exchange their thoughts on matters of science and technology ;;;;; there is much to recommend the argument that choosing a candidate of integrity trumps the need to find someone who understands the laws of thermodynamics. When the…