CH21:
1) What is pitchblende?
2) Describe the process used by the Curie's to separate the elements in pitchblende.
3) Why did the Curie's die so young?
CH22:
1) What is Sack's idea for a vanadium farm?
2) What is the Milton society and what happened to it?
CH23:
1) What is the half life of an element?
2) How did the understanding of elemental decay affect the debate over the age of the earth?
3) Why did the bombing of Hiroshima remind Sacks of Soddy and Wells?
CH24:
1) How did Moseley confirm the periodic table?
2) How do electrons determine the elements chemical properties?
3) How did Bohr's elemental periodic table compare with Mendelev's empirical periodic table?
CH25:
1) How and why did the affair with metals and their chemistry come to an end in Oliver Sack's life?
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