AcknowledgmentsGlenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999)PrefaceGlossaryCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Neptunium and Plutonium28Ch. 3The Plutonium People43Ch. 4Americium and Curium100Ch. 5Berkelium and Californium130Ch. 6The "Big Bang": Discovery of Einsteinium and Fermium155Ch. 7Mendelevium201Ch. 8Nobelium and Lawrencium230Ch. 9Rutherfordium and Hahnium258Ch. 10Seaborgium300Ch. 11Bohrium (107), Hassium (108), and Meitnerium (109)328Ch. 12Elements 110, 111, and 112341Ch. 13Naming Controversies and the Transfermium Working Group369Ch. 14Searches for the Superheavy Elements400Ch. 15Reflections and Predictions434Name Index441