Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net [email protected]Magic and the Periodic Table of the Elements G4G11, Atlanta, 20/3/2014 Miquel DURAN Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis Universitat de Girona [email protected]http://miquelduran.net @miquelduran This presentation is available at http://slideshare.net/quelgir Fernando BLASCO Depto. Matemática Aplicada, ETSI Montes Universidad Politécnica de Madrid [email protected] http://fblasco.com @fblascoc
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• University professor. Research in Quantum Chemistry. Digital Science Communication, Magic and Science, MOOCs, TEDx events, Open Knowledge (see also @quelet)
• The last recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications: “The wonders of a planiverse”
• Sixth book of Mathematical Diversions: – Extraterrestrial communication: the inhabitants of Planet
X might understand a description of the periodic table of elements more readily than a description of a house or tree
– Wolfgang Pauli's exclusion principle, which finally explained the structure of the periodic table of elements, was the outcome of combinatorial thinking.
Or should it be GaGaGa aka Ga3 (Gathering for Gardner in Georgia)
Curiosity: Gallium (Ga) has atomic number #31, but Georgia (GA) ZIP code is #30 ! A near miss!And Gallium is used to bend spoons in actual magic performances
4 pairs: H/O, C/Al, Fe/As, Mo/BrThey sum up to Pb !Four double-numbered cards: MG game, triple outcome. Each card has x and x+n. Prediction must be 4x+2n.
• Calendar tricks can be translated into PTE.• Gilbreath-2 tricks: 2 columns, 2 rows, two groups• Gilbreath-4 tricks: same• Gibreath-n for a particular row or column• Fibonacci-related tricks, (Hydrogen, Helium,
And now a question for you… think of your badge and answer…
How many symmetric two-letter pairs can you find in the Periodic Table of the Elements?e.g.; As/SaHow many of them are fully consonantic?Which vowel is dominant?