Original: A metallic radioactive transuranic element of the actinides, mendelevium is synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles and was named after Dmitri Mendeleev, who was responsible for the Periodic Table.
Simplified: It is a metallic radioactive transuranic element of the actinides, mendelevium is create by einsteinium and alpha particles forcefully combining and was named after Dmitri Mendeleev.