This first independent and spirited step on the part of the commons produced a reaction on the part of the Court.Continuing Revolutionaries Storm
Archives for November 2019
Revolutionaries Storm Bastille
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: States-General Meets.IntroductionIn the scenes of blood and terror
Radioactivity Science Circa 1914
Today's installment concludes Early Science of Radioactivity,the name of our combined selection from Mme. Marie Curie, Sir William Ramsay, and Sir
Thanksgiving, 2019
Today is Thanksgiving Day.This year we are reprinting a short fictional story by Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. Ball.The First
Radioactivity Science Before Curie
It was Robert Boyle, in his " Skeptical Chymist," who first controverted these ancient and medieval notions, and who gave to the word "element" the
Laval Versus Queylus
A squad of soldiers, commanded, it is said, by the governor himself, went up to Montreal, brought the indignant Queylus to Quebec, and shipped him
How Does Radioactivity Work?
The emission over, and the fragment of the atom gone, the residue is no longer radium, but is something else.Continuing Early Science of
Deducing Sub-Atomic Particles
Atoms of matter are not simple, but complex; each is composed of an aggregate of smaller bodies in a state of rapid interlocked motion, restrained and
Why is Radioactivity Significant?
Many forms of matter can evaporate, and many others emit scent; wherein, then, lies the peculiarity of radioactive substances, if the power of