:: The Starmaker <starma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
:: What are you going to do when you learn General-Relativity, build an
:: atomic bomb?
No. GPS. Though of course you could fumble one together without
knowing about GR, much as you can build a house without learning
any principles of carpentry.
: Quadibloc <jsavard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
: General Relativity is not relevant to building atomic bombs,
: fortunately.
Nor special relativity, for the most part. Sure, E=mc^2, but that's
remarkably little help in actually *building* nuclear weapons, or
designing them. Though, to be fair, not many *components* of a GPS
satellite require GR to design either. But the point is, the facts
of nucleonics needed to model fission contain the energy yields
emperically, but the design of clocks doesn't contain information
on relative time rates in the same way. Ah well. Whatever.
"Ha! You said "new-kle-er". It's "newk-you-ler"! The "s" is
silent!"
--- Peter Griffin
Wayne Throop throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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