My esteemed colleague refers to another of the half fractional elements,
Godium 0.5, the only element lighter than hydrogen.  This element was first
postulated by Dr. Edward God, of Iowa State University – Hamburg, in 1926.
Edward was a collaborator with George Uhlenbeck and Samuel Goudsmit in
their work on quantum spin, though both Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit refused to
acknowledge Edward in their work fearing the statement “we collaborated
with God” might be misinterpreted.  Edward put forth some unique ideas
regarding the interaction between electrons and magnetic fields, which
inspired Niels Bohr’s later theories on quantum mechanics.  Niels likewise
could not acknowledge Edward’s influence for a fear that being “inspired by
God” would not be taken the right way.  Edward continued his research and
worked with Dr. Otto Han on the first fission reaction.  Han wanted to do
it one way, and Edward another, with Edward’s approach eventually proving
the optimal way.  Han did not acknowledge this fearing that explaining this
approach to fission as “the will of God” would definitely get him in
trouble.



There has only been one known instance of isolating a pure sample of
Godium.  You see it in the Tom Hanks movie Angels and Demons, where it is
referred to as the God Particle.  The raw explosive potential of Godium was
demonstrated at the end of that movie.



Sadly, Edward met with a tragic end.  Angered by lack of recognition for
his important contributions, he went to the middle of campus and yelled “I
am God and I will not be ignored”, which was overheard by a nearby sect of
the Iowa Lutheran Church – Hamburg synod, an ultra-conservative sect, who
promptly burned him at the stake as a Heretic, along with all of his
notes.  Ironically, in defending God, they killed God.



So, Dave, what do I win this week?


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 7:08 AM, David Hillman <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Here is the Element Quiz Question (let's see who is fast):
>
> The Question:
> This element is named after a pioneer in quantum physics, also known as
> "the father of the atom".  Which element is being described?
>
>
> The winner of the quiz will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for
> the week.
>
>
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
>
> Past Quiz winners/tasks:
> Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
> Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
> Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
> Week 3 John Burke
> Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!
> Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
> Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
> Week 8 Leland Woodall
> Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
> Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 13 No Quiz,
> Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> Week 16 John Maxwell
> Week 17 Leland Woodall
> Week 18 Leland Woodall
> Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 20 Robert Kondner
> Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC
> Week 23 Juliano Ribeiro, DATACOM
> Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems
> Week 25 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
> Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International
> Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose
> Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> Week 28 Leland Woodall
> Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> Week 30 Leland Woodall
> Week 31 Leland Woodall
> Week 32 Steve Gregory
> Week 33 Leland Woodall
> Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
> Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
> Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem
> Week 38 Leland Woodall
> Week 38 Tom Carroll
> Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 40 Leland Woodall
> Week 41 Tom Carroll
> Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 43 Joyce Koo
> Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components
>
> Week 45 Leland Woodall
> -You're a good guy, Frank.  I can use them both to help me prepare for
> Christmas.  I'm so far behind it's not even funny!
>
> Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> - Leland,  take 'em both, I have to travel next week and the boys can be a
> pain when by themselves (like getting into mischief)
>
> Week 46 Ian Fox, Rolls-Royce Control Systems
> - Oh goody, plenty of microsections to do on some long term thermal cycle
> samples so that will keep them busy for the week. And a happy new year to
> all in TechNet land.
>
> Week 47 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
> [log in to unmask]
>