Recent content by HowardS

Thanks for the responses guys. I had some help from a friend at work and my mistake was incorrectly understanding what an isotope actually was - I thought it meant that it was different from the parent. In this case I thought there was substance A (hydrogen) and if you changed it, you would...

I hope this is posted in the correct forum; From what I remember in school, Hydrogen (atomic weight 1) consists of 1 proton and 1 electron with 0 neutrons. Protium is an isotope of Hydrogen, which I assume makes it slightly different than H as is listed on a periodic chart, yet from what I...

Don't give up. Didn't your parents ever teach you not to be a quitter :) I did not look at the balloon analogy thread yet, but I will - and you're right, 8 pages is a lot to get in at a lunch break. Since you seem very passionate about this analogy, can you give me 2 or 3 primary points...

Hello. I can understand that there is no central point for the BB as it is the only point that exists. But it does not make sense that all of the universe's mass came into existence, from one point - whether that point IS the universe or is a point in eternal, empy space. You would have a...