Showing papers by "John Archibald Wheeler published in 1968"
01 Jan 1968
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Journal Article•
TL;DR: In the seen or unseen world, where does the strangeness mostly lie? In the seen? Or in the unseen? And who will not choose first to look about a little at the game? If then deeper questions come to mind, who shall stop our asking them?
Abstract: kind of a universe do we live in? A strange one, yes. But where does the strangeness mostly lie? In the seen? Or in the unseen? Shall we fix our attention on the billiard balls as they now bat about the billiard table? Or shall we ask how the game began, and how it will end? Who will not choose first to look about a little at the game? If then deeper questions come to mind, who shall stop our asking them?
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Book•
01 Jan 1968
10 citations
TL;DR: The neutron was discovered in 1932 and it took seven years before nuclear fission was found as discussed by the authors, which is a striking phenomenon; it results in a large amount of radioactivity of all kinds and produces fragments that have more than ten times the total ionization of anything previously known.
Abstract: The neutron was discovered in 1932. Why, then, did it take seven years before nuclear fission was found? Fission is obviously a striking phenomenon; it results in a large amount of radioactivity of all kinds and produces fragments that have more than ten times the total ionization of anything previously known.
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