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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    Since when are they not understandable?

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    Well, I'm reasonably au fait with them myself, but I was mainly trying to point out that even if one isn't, one can read this book and be greatly enlightened - and in fact the enormous depth and breadth of explanation of how a series of discoveries led to the formulation of the theory of the structure of the atom that allowed for the formulation of the theories that made it possible to even start thinking about the practicalities of creating a nuclear weapon is, in my view, the perfect reason to read it

    I'm about a third of a way into the 800-odd pages now, and one of the most fascinating aspects of what I've read is that I now see how many things that I was taught about the structure of the nucleus were actually the result of intensive experimentation, deep insight, and flashes of genius, happening over many years.

    It was a long time before such people as Bohr, Einstein, Oppenheimer, Fermi, and the surprisingly small number of others involved in nuclear physics in the first thirty to forty years of the last century even managed to work out that the nucleus was a cloud, rather than a lump... a dense cloud, granted, but still a cloud, not a lump.

    The book is the best techy post ever - as Amazon seems to be short of supplies, I'd suggest hunting it down at a real-life bookshop. You'll love it

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      morning all

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          About to start packing to visit my brother's place at Cambourne(near Cambridge). Lovely day for it....

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            Morning all... windy...


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              Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
              knock knock knock
              Ah.

              A ghost who can't count...

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                Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                What recipe do you recommend?
                They go quite well with apple sauce... long piglet you see....

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                  Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                  Been burning the candle at both ends? Or applying a blow torch in the middle?
                  Old age...

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                    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                    morning all

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                      Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                      Afternoon denizens

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