Tag: Science
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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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Homo sapiens sapiens…
In all the galaxies of all the universes (if you subscribe to M-theory, AKA String theory), we found ourselves here as the apex predator on Earth’s planet. Well, it really does boggle the mind that things could have ventured differently by only minor evolutionary derailments and misadventures in Earth’s History to be something completely different,…
The Homo Sapien Sapien 