July 20, 2016 Wednesday
Today my mother's lung condition and respiratory distress has taken a
sudden turn for the worst.
It is an acquired influenza infection which got transmitted from
my father.
We had to call our physician Dr. Harish Chaffle.
Currently she has put on triple oral antibiotics and steroid.
In case she will not improve by tomorrow, we will have to start
the drugs intravenously.
And i pray, please do NOT pray for her or for us.
Arranging the elements on the basis of atomic number not merely highlighted the periodicity of their chemical properties.
It also had a predictive power which is a hallmark of any successful scientific theory.
(Bear in mind that palmistry, astrology, numerology and other such nonsense have zero predictive power).
In addition to these 2 factors, arrangement of elements is also a reflection of their origins.
It is a pity that most school books or the teachers never take pains to reflect on this.
The 2 lightest elements number one and two are hydrogen and helium.
They are the most abundant elements in the universe.
Most of them were formed in the big bang (which is not a theory but a fact).
The next 3 elements are:
Number 3: Lithium
Number 4: Beryllium
Number 5: Boron
These 3 were formed mostly by cosmic ray spallation (more on it later).
Elements from 6 (Carbon) to 26 (Iron) are formed in stars and are continuing to form.
The process is called stellar nucleosynthesis and more on it will be story told later.
Elements with atomic number greater than 26, starting from Cobalt 27 are formed in the furnaces of massive supernovae.
This process is called supernova nucleosynthesis.
Today we know of 118 elements of which 94 are found on earth formed from the above mentioned 4 processes.
The remaining 24 have been produced by us apes like Technetium (43) and Plutonium (94).
All are unstable like us apes who are nothing but by product of years of time acting on star dust.
Stay tuned to the voice of an average storytelling chimpanzee or login at http://panarrans.blogspot.in/
Good night mon ami and my fellow cousin ape.
Today my mother's lung condition and respiratory distress has taken a
sudden turn for the worst.
It is an acquired influenza infection which got transmitted from
my father.
We had to call our physician Dr. Harish Chaffle.
Currently she has put on triple oral antibiotics and steroid.
In case she will not improve by tomorrow, we will have to start
the drugs intravenously.
And i pray, please do NOT pray for her or for us.
Arranging the elements on the basis of atomic number not merely highlighted the periodicity of their chemical properties.
It also had a predictive power which is a hallmark of any successful scientific theory.
(Bear in mind that palmistry, astrology, numerology and other such nonsense have zero predictive power).
In addition to these 2 factors, arrangement of elements is also a reflection of their origins.
It is a pity that most school books or the teachers never take pains to reflect on this.
The 2 lightest elements number one and two are hydrogen and helium.
They are the most abundant elements in the universe.
Most of them were formed in the big bang (which is not a theory but a fact).
The next 3 elements are:
Number 3: Lithium
Number 4: Beryllium
Number 5: Boron
These 3 were formed mostly by cosmic ray spallation (more on it later).
Elements from 6 (Carbon) to 26 (Iron) are formed in stars and are continuing to form.
The process is called stellar nucleosynthesis and more on it will be story told later.
Elements with atomic number greater than 26, starting from Cobalt 27 are formed in the furnaces of massive supernovae.
This process is called supernova nucleosynthesis.
Today we know of 118 elements of which 94 are found on earth formed from the above mentioned 4 processes.
The remaining 24 have been produced by us apes like Technetium (43) and Plutonium (94).
All are unstable like us apes who are nothing but by product of years of time acting on star dust.
Stay tuned to the voice of an average storytelling chimpanzee or login at http://panarrans.blogspot.in/
Good night mon ami and my fellow cousin ape.
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