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...outer shell of its atom, germanium has four electrons. If the crystal were absolutely pure germanium, each of these electrons would be bound by a neighboring atom. But if an occasional atom of an impurity such as phosphorus, which has five outer electrons, is built into the crystal, one of its electrons is not bound, and so is free to move around. If the impurity is an element with only three outer electrons, there is a "hole" into which electrons from germanium can move under certain conditions. Every time an electron moves into one hole, a new hole is left...
...atom bomb were to hit Boston tomorrow, it would find the University prepared to feed, house and bed displaced persons. If the bomb happened to strike in Cambridge, it would find the University totally unprepared to combat its effects...
...example, McCord, who has had several books of poems published, wrote this as his class report: "I might have learned to play the game; I might speak Russian, too, I might have split the atom, but I left those things...
...rest of the story, how man discovered the atom bomb and began to think and then DID something about it, is as delightful as it is simple. Tashlin has taken an old idea and given it his own special poke, which makes The World That Isn't laughable, believable, and desirable...
...World War II, he became consultant for the atom-bomb project. In 1945 he published the famous "Smyth Report" (Atomic Energy for Military Purposes...