tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post6876546151757567329..comments2024-03-29T02:45:10.096-05:00Comments on nanoscale views: Plutonium: a case study in why CM physics is richDouglas Natelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-36491739690179417682011-08-07T23:57:57.546-05:002011-08-07T23:57:57.546-05:00The thermodynamic phase diagram of plutonium is ve...The thermodynamic phase diagram of plutonium is very complicated, with seven different crystal structures known, depending on temperature and pressure.metabolism diethttp://www.metabolicprecision.com/MP_System_clientsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-77651005748326429482011-07-30T18:54:00.339-05:002011-07-30T18:54:00.339-05:00"Rich" sounds a lot sexier than "ho..."Rich" sounds a lot sexier than "hopeless". But in physics at least, the starting point is to identify things that have a decent chance of being understood, within a lifetime! We're completely surrounded by amazing, complicated things that we can't deal with quantitatively or predictively.<br /><br />Supercomputers at national labs keep people in jobs and keep people with dangerous knowledge from taking it elsewhere. I wonder if any of them ever believed for a moment you could model plutonium.<br /><br />- DaveCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-3182094367985121052011-07-29T02:05:38.330-05:002011-07-29T02:05:38.330-05:00And in German, Winnie-the-Pooh is "Pu der Bae...And in German, Winnie-the-Pooh is "Pu der Baer", so sentences like " At the same time, Pu is very heavy, with 94 total electrons" are very nice for me, because I can the imagine a stocky bear trying to keep in order his 94 electrons. Yes, childish, I know.Schlupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399256701731431557noreply@blogger.com