[ExI] [TIQ] unifying theories

[BillK]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 at 19:04, spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> Of the fields of science I follow, my favorite it astronomy.  It is a great time to be alive if one follows astronomy.
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> The field of science that has undergone the biggest advances in recent years is probably virology, but astronomy has found a lotta cool new stuff as a result of the mind-blowing results from the LIGO experiment, detecting gravity waves.  That research led to changes in the theory of how the heavier-than-iron elements formed.  Check this:
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> https://www.ancient-code.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Awesome-periodic-table.jpg
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> spike
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Ethan Siegel explained this in more detail in a Big Think article in
2017 (and included the same diagram).
<https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/the-scientific-story-of-how-each-element-was-made/>
Quote:
Starts With A Bang — June 12, 2017
The scientific story of how each element was made
Ethan Siegel

Think the periodic table is complicated? Now learn how each element in
it was created.
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BillK