By Robert Jungk
An account of the striking scientists who came upon that nuclear fission used to be attainable after which grew to become keen on its implications. Index. Translated via James Cleugh.
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He asserts that one ball is heavier than the other. He produces a set of balance scales and places one ball in each pan. Yes, you agree, one ball is indeed heavier. But by how much? You would like to know the precise weight of each ball so that at a later date the experiment can be repeated. Also, how long will they take to hit the ground and how far will they have fallen? To answer these three questions we need to agree upon standards for length, mass and time against which all measurements can be compared.
Why are conservation laws so important? Because they can immediately explain many effects that are easily observed. For instance, if a boat is stationary in water, since no external force is applied its linear momentum is conserved. Then, if a passenger moves forwards, the boat must float backwards, so that the total p remains zero. e. rotate faster), all they have to do is bring their arms and legs as close as possible to their rotational axes to decrease their moment of inertia. As their angular momentum (see Fig.
4. The equation of the parabola is also simple since the change in the y value with respect to the tangent is proportional to ðx À x0 Þ2 : yðxÞ ¼ yðx0 Þ + kðx À x0 Þ + hðx À x0 Þ2 ; where h is another constant. We may continue in the same way adding a term proportional to ðx À x0 Þ3 , then to ðx À x0 Þ4 and so on. Under the appropriate conditions, each new term will be 22 2 Dramatis Personae (The Actors) smaller than the previous ones, yielding a better approximation. It can be proved that an infinite series built in this way is fully equivalent to the function f(x).