Recent content by Dave Barak

That's way too simple. ; ) Actually, because of my inexperience with chemistry and having seen these other more complex numbers that make up atomic weight, I figured the atomic number was an artificial man-assigned number - way too simple to be "real world." (High school chemistry class was...

I'd forgotten about the decrease of atomic weight. That's what eventually turns uranium into lead, isn't it? Basically, what I'm trying to do is write a more accurate version of "Contact," with less whiz-bang science fiction, like the mysterious billionaire. It's kind of fun trying to figure...

I'm writing a piece of fiction that, if my understanding of the subject is correct, will include a bit of chemistry knowledge. (In explaining my question, I'm going to spell out some obvious things. I'm terrible at math, and hence even worse at chemistry) For example: Atomic weight is...