tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post6463708547288173686..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: A Brief Review of Atoms .... After A Flirt At A SupermarketZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-55846973150659846192010-08-26T04:14:41.179-05:002010-08-26T04:14:41.179-05:00Strange start to the article! The metaphor is quit...Strange start to the article! The metaphor is quite nice actually. Technically, though, the kid's "charm" should be bringing together 2 members of the same sex in a gay relationship. Male & Female are more like matter & anti-matter in this metaphor. They can only form short-lived positronium!<br /><br />This metaphor extends well because the child, the neutron, on it's own would disintegrate (beta-decay of the free neutron) in approximately 15mins. It is only by strongly interacting with one or more "parents" can the child hope to stay alive.<br /><br />Stable systems only exists when there are approximately equal number of parents & children in the system. Disproportionately too many of either means the family nuclei will decay away!Kent Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883931195606774116noreply@blogger.com