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A note on Nuclear Fission

When an atom fissions, it releases a teeny tiny amount of energy ( The decay of one atom of uranium-235 releases about 200MeV or about 3*10-11J.). But atoms are quite small. An atom does not make a big explosion when it splits.

To get a big explosion, you need to split lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of them—many, many trillions of them.

Each one releases only a teeny amount of energy, but when you add up the teeny amount of energy from trillions and trillions and trillions of atoms, then you get a big explosion. (The explosion of 1kg of TNT releases 4MJ).

Carmelite altar featuring the Flowers of Carmel:

The Infant of Prague

The Blessed Virgin of Carmel and St. Joseph

Sts. Teresa of Jesus and John of the Cross

That’s why I love chemistry

A Good Old-Fashioned Midwestern Apocalypse

“Number theory is nothing but questions that shouldn’t be asked.”

- applicable algebra professor

"A true theologian...is someone who has tasted of God directly."

- Kyriacos Markides, Inner River

There’s a world you’re living in, no one else has your part.

Vintage knife circa 1919, newly engraved.