Transition metal · element 109
Meitnerium
Named after the woman who explained fission. Never had her Nobel.
Only <0.1% of people are Meitnerium. (estimated)
If you're Meitnerium
You are named after someone who did the work and was left off the prize. Rare, overlooked, and vindicated in the end.
Meitnerium honours Lise Meitner, who explained nuclear fission in 1939 and was passed over for the Nobel Prize it earned.
How to get along with Meitnerium
Do
- Give the credit that was withheld.
- Do the work and name the worker.
- Wait for the vindication; it comes.
Don't
- Don't leave them off the prize.
- Don't explain fission to them.
When it goes wrong: Overlooked, they don't shout. History does it for them, later.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 4
- Sociability
- 2
- Stability
- 0
- Energy
- 0
- Rarity
- 10
- Warmth
- 4
Meitnerium in literature
- Saint Joan — Saint Joan, George Bernard Shaw (1923)
- Hester Prynne — The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850)
- Sue Bridehead — Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy (1895)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Meitnerium's. If you got Meitnerium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other transition metals
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