What is involved then in radioactivity and in the sun is “nuclear energy”. That is the proper name for it and in the next section we will consider the subsequent history of the nuclear energy that broke upon the startled consciousness of scientists as the 20th century opened and which, less than half a century later, was to face mankind with untold consequences for good and for evil.
FOOTNOTES
[1]“Mass” is the correct term, but “weight”, which is a somewhat different thing, is so commonly used instead that in this book I won’t try to make any distinction.
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| [Page facing inside cover] | The “Horsehead” Nebula in Orion. Hale Observatories. |
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| [Contents page] & [page 4] | Lick Observatory |
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