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" " - - - - - - esrlh " c ; ( Bin be the th , tize eize of oranges Mostof Most Mosti of i UK the atom toa > " s composedof composed ofempty of emptystiCe empty R It is " ma made e of an orlllt orbit ot of ofelectrons stiCe stiCeIt ' e electrons 'ItctroM ItctroM revolving around the nul nu l ( jeUE , much as planets revolvebout revolv revolve revolvilwat ( ilwat bout tt6 the sun . , An electron e fon as asdereb isk dereb dereba ydy a particle of electricity electricityrtt electricitye nucleus contains allU all rtt e stoma * toni * - , tt U colossal energy It took gci acs gciausts acstuts austs tuts more in01 ' " than 50 60 years ea " ot of rer relead rB re r ' lead arch to unlock the nucleu nucleus * so atusld it at itddd ddd usld give S " * up P tllat that powera Power . a 3wuna Gramiam > has h * ' maderthe made * the atomic ' 1 ) > bomb Kfflt the tt "os1 os1 most " devastat Eg ng eiplo- eiplo explo eiployet - 4 4pal * * pal yet the bomb uses only onepath one- one oneg - - path g of one per cent of uranium uramum a as s * potential oteBti * ! trength strength : Another Anothern AnotherOSOB why the United Nations Nationseyould Nationsiaald n reason eyould stack tick together They pos poslee postjirge-quarters postjirge quarters lee three-quarters three quarters - - of the worlda worlda world a a mlun urenlum ropply supply supplya supplyFew a a Few fy ( inotonsta motorists realize that their * " tsrs ( tra us are driven by atomic power powerGasoline powerisoline Gasoline [ is as rich in hydrogen atoms , t and ni they provide most of the powerthat pow 4 erthat r th t dnves drives the car Atomic Atomicpower Atomicover power u " one of the few great dis dispivenes disinnei pivenes that was the goal of the theIsagest thectgeat Isagest and nd most diff cult series ofa of ofL a L tetxn.hes tetxnhes raeanhes . m history Most mo moEentoiH ( mentons discoveries were acct acctdents accisnts dents The mvention invention of fire the thedscovery theacoTery dscovery of America the discov- discov discovery discov-17 discov 17 - ery of o-tygen o tygen oeygen - and the X K ray were wereill wereiB ill the result ofaccident of accident . . Ill In 1905 i a young patent officeclerk officeclerk office officeIdeA clerk in m Switzerland developed a aI atheory atheory atheory theory which wluch involved the Idea IdeajUt ideait idea&it ideait IdeA I jUt & it under certain conditions mat- mat mattu mathr mat-to mat to - - tu hr could be changed into moo energy energyId energyand energytid Id and ! : energy into matter Accordu Accord Accordwg Accordug wg ug { to that theory a & very small smallamount smallamount smallmount amount of matter could produce producetremendous producetremendous producebinendous tremendous quantities of energy energyThe energy1huh hIS The ' ! has s become the basic principle prmclpIe prmmple prmclpIefor prmmplefor , for ttomic atomic power Yet sc ence Igrored igroad ig | nirid rored road this tm3 tl eory for 15 yearsThe yearsThe years yearsI yearsTi I Ti The young patent office clerkstsne clerk clerks clerksnine s snsme nsme nine Albert Einsteinfouve Einstein EmsteIn ; roave fouve lou TO probably read that the theum thesum theI.CBC theICBC um sum . c power in m a breath of all air aircould airw\i airw i ' OJuld could \ operate a powerful plane fora for a iw year conhnuously contmuously continuously that the a p pm pn pin m n l a s handful of ofsnow snow could heat xlni a alarge ahits large hits { ipartment apartment house for a year yeartic , " ' ek eta . . . However Prof Einstein be beI beiKd I 1 eves evesat at " t twill will probably take many manyjean manyjean manyjws jean to channel uranium uramum s ene ene en e ( CT gy into mto ate peaceful pursu ts is Em Emstem Emston stem ! eIn ! .lso lso she . 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" as . asUranium i _ Jramum Uramum Uranium ( is used for atomic atomic'I'l'iibi 'I'l'iibi Iliibi bolDbs bombs atomicbolDbs atomicbombs ' ' ' because it has the largest largestlimn largestatolIi largestBorn atolIi Born ofany of any of the kno knovn vn ele eleDlent eleaenb eleiBinti Dlent aenb aenband , and nd would be eas er 00pI toapt to 00 | pI apt ! w crackedifs t When the atom is 18 cracked crackedt"16 crackedt16 ifs " e fragments fragI1lcnts of nucleus its arenrled are hatted arehatted hattedoff nrled nrledoff rld ( offwith off with an energy of . 100 100000000 000 000 electron volts The Themachinery Themachmery TheI'ychinery TheIychinery machinery machmery ' which wruch produced thei thea the thestem stem a > worldtl toac 1Ii c a bomb has given the world worldI worldgreatest I greatest reatest ; destructive force4fly force < \4fly 4fly Very forceVery "ty ty " 1 ttle the attention has been given to \ " the giventhe givento "it it " fact that such machinery mach1l1ery is 18 is6ftlT1f . _ _ -6ftlT1f 6ftlT1f - u J l- l l1 - * - -1 1 - onlye g Used to save hfe life , not - only . destroy ' e ( troy tI y It it . . 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