just a therapeutic posting to overcome my disbelief. and so you can see which tv shows i really follow. ;)
his book? i'll stick to wikipedia.
- U isn't the only naturally occuring element that decays. by far. everything heavier than lead does. (the first one discovered, actually by Marie Curie, was radium.)
- "the periodic table goes higher but this is where it ends." huh? how about "the higher ones are man-made"?
- an atomic nucleus consists of protons and neutrons (not electrons)
- neutrons were shot at atoms not "to see what would happen" but to study their internal structure and to produce heavier elements
- "they" were Enrico Fermi, Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner?
- all it takes to make things happen in only 10 years is money. how about politicians spend it more wisely?
- you can't just pick up these centrifuges from your local diy store, and it takes tons of uranium to get one pound of enriched product
- throwing the stuff at someone isn't so far off - contamination from depleted uranium ammunition is a big problem in war-torn countries.
his book? i'll stick to wikipedia.
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