Thursday, June 2, 2016

Poem: The Good Samarium, or an Element of Science


The Good Samarium, or an Element of Science

V.E. Samarsky-Bykjovets granted access to the minerals so
Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran could discover samarium
which shouldn’t he have named Samarskyum but he didn’t
but who cares because a mix and match, whatever, with
samarium cobalt magnets led to the first Sony Walkman.                             

So, pal, try and tell me science hasn’t made your life better.

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Sarah Sarai, all mining rights reserved.
Photo: An abandoned mine in the Ural Mountains, perhaps similar to one Samarsky-Bykjovets owned.

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