Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Along with osmium and platinum, iridium is one of the three heaviest (densest) elements on the Table—two cubic feet of it weighs as much…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.

— Diane Ackerman

“Although this table contains a great many elements, from the element oxygen, which is found in the air, to the element aluminum, which is…

— Lemony Snicket

“Neutronium is so dense that a chunk the size of a thimble would weigh about 100 million tons.”

— Clifford A. Pickover

Paper is the strongest material in the world; paper can handle what I can't.

— Nadeem Aslam

The elements which are the most widely diffused have small atomic weights.

— Dmitri Mendeleev

Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os)…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

Any car which holds together for a whole race is too heavy.

— Colin Chapman

We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

“If you are ever forced to take a chemistry class, you will probably see, at the front of the classroom, a large chart divided…

— Lemony Snicket

The trifling economy of paper, as a cheaper medium, or its convenience for transmission, weighs nothing in opposition to the advantages of the precious…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The current best estimate for the Earth’s weight is 5.9725 billion trillion tonnes, a difference of only about 1 per cent from Cavendish’s finding.”

— Bill Bryson