(November 17, 2017 at 12:05 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(November 17, 2017 at 10:32 am)Whateverist Wrote: No but I imagine the new born is pretty engaging and I used to teach so I know how engaging that is too. He might just be very otherwise engaged. Hope he ends up with some holes in his calendar soon.Alex has a new born?! Zippadee doodah zippadee ay my oh my what a wonderful day. Can't ask him to take time away from that, so I'm glad you guys are here.
Speaking of black, I'm just finishing CHimananda Ngozi Adichie's "Americanah". Very interesting to look at the world from the eyes of someone from Nigeria who is blind to 'being black' until she comes here. That whole culture straddling perspective really sheds a lot of light on both. I got an education on kinky hair and a new appreciation for braiding. God, relaxers sound horrible.
I'll check the book out, though I didn't mean to take the thread so far off topic.
Now, as you guys wee saying:
Iggy sees this as Einstein's big universal wham bam thank you ma'am.
Brian, thanks for the straightforward explanation. I understand that gravity isn't involved in the quantum realm. Here we have the weak force. Are you saying the weak force keeps electrons close but isn't strong enough to completely overpower them when they're excited?
Look, if you want deep answers ask the real eggheads. I only understand general concepts, not the math. I cant even remember the grade I got in my college physics class. Obviously passing because I do have a degree, but it was in arts, not science.
All I know about electrons is that they are fucking tiny and fast and can jump from orbit to orbit. Neutrinos are so damned small they can pass through a solid planet. As far as why an electron stays orbiting the nucleus. The following confused the shit out of me.
https://chem.libretexts.org/Core/Physica...t_Collapse
But this following one gives you a layperson's description. https://education.jlab.org/qa/atomicstructure_08.html
