{"618924":{"#nid":"618924","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Mathematical Mysteries of the Periodic Table","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003EA Frontiers in Science Lecture to celebrate 2019, the International Year of the Periodic Table\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhy do atoms behave the way they do?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Why do electrons form \u0026ldquo;shells,\u0026rdquo; as seen in the periodic table?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhy does the first shell hold 2 electrons, the second 8, and the third 18: twice the square numbers 1, 4, and 9?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt took many years to solve these mysteries, and a lot of detective work in chemistry, physics, and ultimately \u0026ndash; once the relevant laws of physics were known \u0026ndash; mathematics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther mysteries remain unsolved, like the mass of the heaviest possible element.\u0026nbsp;This talk will give a quick tour of these puzzles and some of the answers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mathdept.ucr.edu\/faculty\/baez.html\u0022\u003EJohn Baez\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Riverside, who also works at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.quantumlah.org\/\u0022\u003ECentre for Quantum Technologies\u003C\/a\u003E, in Singapore.\u0026nbsp;His Internet column\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/math.ucr.edu\/home\/baez\/this.week.html\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;This Week\u0026rsquo;s Finds\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;dates back to 1993 and is sometimes called the world\u0026rsquo;s first blog.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBaez used to work on quantum gravity and pure mathematics.\u0026nbsp;In 2010, concerned about climate change and the future of the planet, he switched to working on a general theory of networks that appear in human-engineered and biological systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Frontiers in Science Lectures\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLectures in this series are intended to inform, engage, and inspire students, faculty, staff, and the public on developments, breakthroughs, and topics of general interest in the sciences and mathematics. 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