Tag: Physics
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Appreciating the Science and Side Stories in Oppenheimer
IsotopesThe star of the movie, aside from the obvious titular character, Oppenheimer, is the use of isotopes. The very much talked about uranium-235.An isotope is a variation of an element with a different number of neutrons. Since an element’s identity and chemical properties lie in the number of protons, adding neutrons changes the mass of…
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The Road to the Atom Bomb: The Joliot-Curies
“The first unquestionable proofs of the transformation of elements into different chemical elements have been provided by the study of the phenomena of radioactivity” -Frédéric Joliot-Curie
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Just the Tip of Particle Physics: The Electron, the Hardest working Lepton
Part two, baby! This is where the magic happens, figuratively, of course. This is science, not magic. Knowing the number of protons in an atom will allow you to identify the element, but it is the glorious electron that allows for bonds and all physical phenomena to occur. I’m talking about electricity, magnetism, chemistry, and…
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Just the Tip of Particle Physics: Quarks
Welcome to lies by omission, brought to you by the little faith in our educational system. You know which kind of lies I’m referring to, those similar to the ones your partner doesn’t tell you, so technically, they aren’t lying? Yep, that’s it. How can we truly be excited when we hear scientific breakthroughs, such…
The Homo Sapien Sapien 