Nuclear Chemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #38
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Apparently, it can turn you into a superhero or into a mutant zombie. It's the plot device for probably half of the sci-fi movies made in the last 60 years and it's even the name of the song that welcomes you to the new age, to the new age, welcome to the new age. Presumably this new age occurring after some kind of apocalypse. As principles of chemistry go, few figure more prominently in the popular imagination than radioactivity, but at the same time few are as completely misunderstood. Most people think of radioactivity as just some thing that mutates genes and melts faces off. And yes, some forms of radioactivity can do those things. But all the more reason to understand it, right? And also we can harness it to produce lots of electricity to fuel our rock and roll lifestyles...
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Apparently, it can turn you into a superhero or into a mutant zombie. It's the plot device for probably half of the sci-fi movies made in the last 60 years and it's even the name of the song that welcomes you to the new age, to the new age, welcome to the new age. Presumably this new age occurring after some kind of apocalypse. As principles of chemistry go, few figure more prominently in the popular imagination than radioactivity, but at the same time few are as completely misunderstood. Most people think of radioactivity as just some thing that mutates genes and melts faces off. And yes, some forms of radioactivity can do those things. But all the more reason to understand it, right? And also we can harness it to produce lots of electricity to fuel our rock and roll lifestyles...
