Have you ever wondered how many elements there are in a human
body? Would you be surprised to hear that today’s integrated
circuits are more complicated (element-wise) than we are? As
usual, I’m bouncing back and forth from one topic to another
with the agility of a mountain goat (this is much greater than
the agility I would have if I were trying to physically jump
like a mountain goat). Just this past weekend, for example, I
read two great books. The first was Blink (The Power of Thinking
Without Thinking) by Malcolm Gladwell. The second was How I
Killed Pluto (and Why It Had It Coming) by Mike Brown. Both of
these are great reads and I shall write more complete reviews as
soon as I have a free moment... ...but that’s not what I wanted
to talk to you about... Recently I’ve started to become very
interested in “stuff” to do with elements. I think my interest
was kicked into gear when I read The Disappearing Spoon by Sam
Kean (Click Here to see that review). More recently, I was
looking at the various ways to