This is the very copy of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics in which I looked up the reaction rates of mendelevium and.. .
And what?
No. No, no, no, no.
What’s wrong?
I've made a horrible mistake.
What are you talking about?
This table. It’s in square centimeters. I read it in square meters. Do you know what that means?
That Americans can’t handle the metric system?
Amy, I was off by a factor of ten thousand.
But the Chinese team found the element.
Well they shouldn't have, my calculations were wrong. There must be some resonance between the elements I didn’t know about.
You mean you just got lucky?
Sheldon Cooper does not get lucky!
You and me both, brother. It doesn't matter. The element was found because of you and that’s ground breaking.
What matters is the greatest scientific achievement of my life is based on a blunder. I’m not a genius. I’m a fraud.
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