Two Young Girls Recite the Periodic Table for American Nuclear Society Meeting Attendees

ByRod Adams

Kirk Sorensen, a good friend of mine, brought his three daughters and lovely wife to the American Nuclear Society annual meeting. During a session focused on education and public communications, there was a scheduled talk about a program in Texas aimed at encouraging high school aged girls with excellent math and science skills to remain interested in the subjects so that they could enter into technical areas of study and eventually into professions that took advantage of those skills.

While we were waiting for the presentation computer to start up, Kirk asked if he could let his older two daughters demonstrate what they had recently learned during learning play. (Kirk is an aerospace engineer who is nearing completion of a master’s in nuclear engineering; his wife is a school teacher.) The girls recited the periodic table with barely a blip as they moved through difficult to pronounce words like ruthenium, osmium, and californium. The crowd loved it! I think you will to.

Makes one proud to be a geek!

Update: If you want the Dad’s point of view on this proud achievement, visit Kirk’s take on the event.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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