М. М. Кутепова The World of Chemistry Мир

Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions below:

1. 
   Who has found the information about number 114 element?
   
2. 
   Who predicted the discovery of the element?
   
3. 
   When was the discovery predicted?
   
4. 
   What famous book by Da Vinci did Leo read?
   
5. 
   In what way did Leonardo Da Vinci predict the element?
   
6. 
   What was peculiar about the great man?
   
7. 
   What was one of the reasons for coding the discovery?
   
8. 
   Who suggested the name of the element?
   
9. 
   What does the last line in the dialogue mean?
   

MIKE: Look, Ann. I’ve heard that a new element was discovered by one of our fellow students. Can you imagine that!
ANN: Hm... What kind of element is it?
MIKE: As far as I know, it’s a transuranium element.
ANN: Was it given any number in the Periodic Table?
MIKE: Yes, its number is 114. Leo said that this discovery...
ANN: Leo? Leo who?


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MIKE: Leo Matveyev. He is the student who found out the origin of the element.

ANN: Matveyev. How did he do it?
MIKE: I’m trying to tell you, but you interrupt me all the time.
ANN: I’m sorry. Go ahead, please.
MIKE: The thing is, Leo thinks that this discovery was predicted by Leonardo da Vinci as early as the 16th century.
ANN: How did Leo find it out?
MIKE: I guess, he’s read Leonardo da Vinci’s famous book Anatomy.
ANN: Yes, and so what?
MIKE: Well, according to Leo, da Vinci gave a column of digits and didn’t tell anybody about their meaning.
ANN: Do you remember these figures?
MIKE: Yes. Here you are. Vertical column with digits. 8, 7, 1, 7, 4, 7. Leonardo da Vinci was crazy about coding his ideas. But our Leo supposed that this column contains some information which was dangerous for those times. Or probably too early to decipher it.
ANN: More than that, these were the times of alchemy and all schol
ars were trying to discover the formula of “philosophic stone”.
MIKE: Correct. And our fellow student made an attempt to decipher the column by means of simple arithmetic operations.
ANN: Could you show me his calculations?
MIKE: I’m afraid I can’t. I remember only the result. Two numbers were obtained: 114 and 184.
ANN: I see. It’s a formula of this element.
MIKE: Quite right. Our Leo has once again proved the genius of the great Italian.
ANN: What about the name of the element? Does any name exist?
MIKE: Yes, believe me or not, Leo suggested the name of the element in honour of Leonardo da Vinci — Leonardium.
ANN: Only in honour of da Vinci?...