On Apr 11, 5:33=A0pm, thro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Wayne Throop) wrote:
> :: The Starmaker <starma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> :: What are you going to do when you learn General-Relativity, build an
> :: atomic bomb?
>
> No. =A0GPS. =A0Though 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 <jsav...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> : General Relativity is not relevant to building atomic bombs,
> : fortunately.
>
> Nor special relativity, for the most part. =A0Sure, E=3Dmc^2, but that's
> remarkably little help in actually *building* nuclear weapons, or
> designing them. =A0Though, to be fair, not many *components* of a GPS
> satellite require GR to design either. =A0But 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. =A0Ah well. =A0Whatever.
>
> =A0 =A0 "Ha! =A0You said "new-kle-er". =A0It's "newk-you-ler"! =A0The
"s" =
is silent!"
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 --- Peter Griffin
>
> Wayne Throop =A0 thro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
=A0http://sheol.org/throopw
E=3Dmc^2, where atomic bombs come from.
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