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And no one could have created his namesake element, number ninety-nine, einsteinium, without knowledge of both theories.
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Getting enough einsteinium (element ninety-nine) to even think about leapfrogging to element 101 required bombarding plutonium for three years.
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For each attempt to create 101, the scientists dabbed invisibly tiny bits of einsteinium onto gold foil and pelted it with alpha particles.
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The team discovered elements ninety-nine and one hundred, einsteinium and fermium, in radioactive coral after a hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific in 1952.
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While things like carbon are relatively easy to photograph, Einsteinium requires a little more photographic license.