Six STEM Tweets

Six tweets that celebrate engineering and all things STEM.

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This is issue #61. Some fun facts about 61:

• It’s a prime number.

• It’s also the fourth Cuban prime and the fourth Pillai prime.

• It is the sum of two consecutive squares, 5² + 6²

• 61 is a “unique prime” in base 14, since no other prime has a 6-digit period in base 14, and palindromic in bases 6 (141₆) and 60 (11₆₀). [Harshal’s note: These number theory folks are <tap> <tap> <tap>]

• International calling code for Australia

• 61 is the atomic number of Promethium - symbol Pm.  it is extremely rare, with only about 500–600 grams naturally occurring in the Earth's crust at any given time.

  • Interesting story about it’s name - it was discovered during the development of the atomic bomb in 1945 and was named after Prometheus, the Titan in Greek mythology who stole fire from Mount Olympus and brought it down to humans, to symbolize "both the daring and the possible misuse of mankind's intellect"

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Harshal