But "Little Boy", the first atomic bomb, was a very clear example of recognizing and using what nature really is, as opposed to trying to impose completely absurd proncouncements about how nature "should" be, which is how the TMO generally functions.
And they were "alpha" particles, not "alfa" particles. It is neutron bombardment that splits uranium nuclei, which produces both alpha particles (helium nuclei with no electonrs) and a neutron cascade, which ultimately produces either a controlled nuclear fission reaction (as in nuclear power generation0, or an uncontrolled nuclear fission reacion (as in Hiroshima). The reason so many of the physicists who collaborated on the first atomic bomb (and later developments of the hydrogen bomb) were Polish, Hungarian, German, etc., is that many of them were Jewish and would have been very dead had they remained in their homelands in the 1933 to 1945 period. Without Nazi anti-Semitism, Hitler would most likely have been the first to produce (and undoubtedly to use) the atom bomb. England literaly might well not be an inhabitable island currently if Hitler hadn't hated Jews, and the US might well be a colony of Germany. One conclusion is that 6 million Jews died in exchange for the Western world not being a German-occupied territory. And if that doesn't stir up some discussion, I haven't had nearly enough tequila tonight... :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <znipp> > > > >The interesting thing again is that it not only looks possible, but > > is positively attractive to underwriters and investors. > > > > And how many have signed up, and committed real funds? > > > > > > I wish them the best, but things seem a pie-in-the-sky, pipe-dream > > thinking at this point. > > So was Little Boy until Hungarian[!] Leo Szilard convinced > Einstein that neutrons can be used to make atomic nuclei unsteady, > intsead of alfa particles, or was it? > (Strange, one of the main developers of "H-bomb", Edward Teller, was > also Hungarian. He did it together with a Polish mathematician, > Stanislaw Ulam.) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
