Nuclear fission

retaliation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Also, this event started the new cold war for the production and advancement of nuclear weapons. The atomic bomb has left many long lasting…

In the book, The Big Bang: A History of Explosives by G.I. Brown, the author talks about how the world was fascinated by the idea of explosives. There were many benefits, but as well as harms to those who had it. He goes into further explanation on the history of them, starting his book off with the invention of gunpowder. There are many different kinds of explosives he talks about in his book, and he even brings up how these inventions had many modifications to them for certain requirements. He…

Coal mining and Nuclear energy is a battle of the ages in that one way of energy is the “old” way and the other, the “new and progressive” choice. Based on the criteria of transporting, risks, and environmental destruction, nuclear energy would take the crown. Transporting coal is a more severe issue than nuclear power rods, as it is a more common occurrence and tends to be more expensive and “dirtier” for the environment. Common ways of transportation for coal include the Great Lakes,…

How Nuclear Power is Safe, Profitable, and Non-Proliferate On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl 4 reactor exploded, releasing a huge amount of radioactive particles into the atmosphere. As a result of operator incompetence and a faulty design, 47 people died from thermal burns and radiation (making this the first and only nuclear-reactor disaster to cause human deaths) and around 4000 people contracted thyroid cancer from the incident. As bad as this sounds, findings show that the truth is much…

known as the end of World War II, and also the only time that the military used nuclear bombs in wartime. The bombs not only impacted world history, but also caused the American public to feel uncertainty regarding the implications of nuclear physics and radiation and how using this scientific knowledge impacts daily life. In 1937, Ernest Rutherford published The Newer Alchemy, a book written about his work with nuclear physics and radiation. At the time, the public thought that radiation was…

Just as with Newton and motion or Einstein and relativity, when the name Werner Heisenberg is brought up in academic discussion it is synonymous with uncertainty due to his contributions towards quantum mechanics and his uncertainty principle. While many are familiar with his equations and work in physics, many are not as aware of how his contributions and character had enormous consequences in the outcome of World War II. There are many small tactical decisions and results that had huge impacts…

Nuclear power comprises 20% of the world’s energy production. No other form of energy production runs the risk of being taken over by terrorists, or exploding and killing millions of people within a 50 mile radius (Nuclear Power Plants). The United States has 121 government sanctioned nuclear energy power plants in its borders that each cost extreme amounts to build and run. With the U.S. being nearly twenty trillion dollars in debt, it would be wise to stop all further development of nuclear…

– equation (2 gives info on location of electron in terms of probability density - wave functions are called orbitals – [pic], where E is energy, e2 is electric potential, r is orbital radius and h is Planck’s constant 1925 Wolfgang Pauli – each orbital has only 2 electrons is now explained due to direction of spin of electrons. Spinning electrons create magnetic field. Only 2 electrons of opposite spin in an orbital referred to as Pauli exclusion principle Hund’s rule – half fill…

thrower, and tanks were also included in the action. As the war continued, it was observed that these particular weapons needed advancements. The Manhattan Project was the team of scientists that helped the Allies pull off a victory. Advancements of nuclear weapons positively affected the Allies victory. At the beginning of World War II, multiple different weapons were in action.…

The Dispute over the Tilted Arc Introduction and Thesis In 1981, Richard Serra was commissioned by the federal government to create a permanent structure for the plaza of a federal building in Manhattan. Serra chose to create Tilted Arc, a twelve-foot-tall and 120-foot-long, curved slab of steel. However, its large size created a dispute among the general public in the surrounding community and the artists in support of Serra. Many members of the surrounding community were against the wall and…