All 9 Uses of
nucleus
in
Angels & Demons
- A single gram of antimatter contains the energy of a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb-the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.†
Chpt Intr.
- The engraved granite slab in front of the building bore the answer: (CERN) Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire "Nuclear Research?"†
Chpt 6
- Our interests lie with an atom's nucleus-a mere ten-thousandth the size of the whole.†
Chpt 8 *
- Although antimatter technology had staggering potential as an efficient and nonpolluting energy source-if unveiled prematurely, antimatter ran the risk of being vilified by the politics and PR fiascoes that had killed nuclear and solar power.†
Chpt 23-24
- Nuclear had proliferated before it was safe, and there were accidents.†
Chpt 23-24
- I am well aware that there is no substance on earth powerful enough to do what you are describing unless you are talking about a nuclear warhead with a fuel core the size of a baseball.†
Chpt 35-36
- It's hard to imagine this information is accurate but it says here that pound for pound antimatter carries about a hundred times more payload than a nuclear warhead.†
Chpt 39-40
- Then again, Chartrand realized, never before in history had the Vatican been sitting on what amounted to some sort of neoteric nuclear warhead.†
Chpt 89-90
- Science textbooks tell us how to create a nuclear reaction, and yet they contain no chapter asking us if it is a good or a bad idea.†
Chpt 93-94
Definition:
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(nucleus) the center (or most important part) of somethingsuch as:
- in physics: the center of an atom where protons & neutrons are found
- in biology: the center of a cell where DNA is found
- in sociology: the closest family (mother/father/children in contrast to the extended family)