Word: matter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most important question for physics to answer is: What is matter made of? A glass of water or a chinch bug or a copper coin is composed of molecules. The molecules are built of atoms. Twenty years ago the ancient Greek notion persisted that atoms were indivisible. Then Ernest Rutherford of England split nitrogen atoms with atomic bullets from radium. Seven years ago physicists were willing to analyze all the matter in the universe in terms of two parts of the atom: protons and electrons...
...some with negative; some were electrically neutral or inert. Some were "heavy" or massive in relation to others-the ratio being about that of a ton to a pound. The physicists wound up. for the time being, with a nicely balanced table of discovered and hypothetical basic particles of matter, as follows...
...simply a matter of mechanics. If we treat the baby as a passenger and the mother's pelvis as the passageway, a larger passenger will have more difficulty coming into the world than a smaller passenger. Therefore, oversize infants are more apt to cause difficult labor...
Michael is so inspired that he decides to write a drama based on the life of Christ, commenting matter-of-factly, "Every man of substance somewhere or other or sometime or other in his life has to fulfill a mission." But because Herta is too intellectual, and "woman's task is to be beautiful and to bring children into the world," they separate. Michael writes his play, is rebuffed by Munich intellectuals, becomes a miner in the Ruhr. Then the book really gets creepy. A mysterious Russian, Iwan, appears, tempts Michael, is defeated ("I am stronger than...
...began to look nearer home. Under their very eyes they found what weeks of search had failed to produce; and if one is inclined to wonder why the basement of Andover Hall was such an elusive-prize, only praise can be offered for the way in which the whole matter was finally concluded...