%0 Journal Article %T Discovery of the astatine, radon, francium, and radium isotopes %A C. Fry %A M. Thoennessen %J Physics %D 2012 %I arXiv %X Currently, thirty-nine astatine, thirty-nine radon, thirty-five francium, and thirty-four radium isotopes have so far been observed; the discovery of these isotopes is discussed. For each isotope a brief summary of the first refereed publication, including the production and identification method, is presented. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5841v1