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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Big things comes in small packages...

Have you ever wondered what we are made of?
Of course, plainly, we are made up of cells...
Cells are made up of proteins, which in turn, are made up of amino acids...
Besides that, our body also contains 57%* of water        *average statistics for adult males
So, what are water molecules and those amino acid molecules made up of?

Atoms.
The fundamental building block of everything.
Initially, the atom was thought to be indivisible.
Then again, the alchemists has their "I-told-you-so!" when during the late 90's physicists found out that atoms can be divided into subatomic particles such as electrons, protons and neutrons. Again, alchemists has their "I-told-you-so!" when scientist discovered that transmutation between elements are possible through nuclear reaction and radioactive decay as opposed to the classical scientific notion that an element could never be able to be transmuted into another different element. 


The atom, in physical term, harness a lot more energy than you and I can ever imagine.
By exploiting the power of nuclear reaction, mankind is able to produce an enormous amount of energy. As seen in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki incident, however, this huge amount of energy could be potentially disastrous. On 26th April 1986, a nuclear power plant incident in Chernobyl has awakened the public to the dangers of nuclear power. 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/Chernobyl_Disaster.jpg
Nevertheless, as the saying goes, big things comes in small packages..... don't ever underestimate the energy that lies dormant in a single atom.

If an atom could contain that much power...
I am sure our body contains enough energy to destroy earth itself...
Lets no waste that energy on chaos and destruction.
Instead, focus it in building and development of our country!

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