And married his cousin. :v
We were watching a really awesome movie this week about Einstein and E equals m c squared! It also had scientists like Michael Faraday (who discovered electromagnetivity), Lise Meitner (who studied radioactivity and discovered nuclear fission), and Emile du Chatelet (Voltaire's mistress who studied physics).
We also continued work on radioactivity with two worksheets, and learned about the band of stability, which shows where elements are likely to be stable. Anything with too many neutrons will likely beta decay, while having too few neutrons can result in electron capture (which makes gamma rays.) Finally, alpha decay results from very heavy elements (such as Uranium) just having too many protons and neutrons.
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