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... atom and , as every schoolboy physicist knows , absolutely everything is made of atoms . In simple terms , an atom is akin to a macroscopic solar system : it has a ' sun ' , termed a nucleus , and a number of ' planets ' which are ...
... atom and , as every schoolboy physicist knows , absolutely everything is made of atoms . In simple terms , an atom is akin to a macroscopic solar system : it has a ' sun ' , termed a nucleus , and a number of ' planets ' which are ...
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... atoms can be bombarded with neutrons until , rather like a single sperm fertilising an egg , one neutron gets through to the central nucleus . When this happens , the central nucleus shatters into fragments resulting in the release of ...
... atoms can be bombarded with neutrons until , rather like a single sperm fertilising an egg , one neutron gets through to the central nucleus . When this happens , the central nucleus shatters into fragments resulting in the release of ...
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... atomic ash accumulate and slow down the process of fission . If we could completely fission all the atoms in one gram of uranium 235 , it would be possible to produce electrical power to the extent of one megawatt day or thereabouts ...
... atomic ash accumulate and slow down the process of fission . If we could completely fission all the atoms in one gram of uranium 235 , it would be possible to produce electrical power to the extent of one megawatt day or thereabouts ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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