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NNadir

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6. Thank you for your kind words and support.

Mon Dec 24, 2018, 10:11 AM

Dec 2018

I wish you a peaceful and happy holiday season as well.

Mind stretching is a wonderful sport, even better than skiing, and unlike skiing, which may decline with the coming non-existence of snow, it's available to everyone, with no limits. The more we learn, the more we'll be able to help in saving what is left to be saved of the world.

I'm not all that smart, particularly compared to my two sons, but to compensate for my failings, I read a lot. (One of the greatest joy of my life is that my boys learned to be autodidacts from me: The stuff they've taught themselves entirely independently of their course work, rather stuns me.)

I appreciate greatly that someone, anyone, reads this stuff and enjoys it as much as I enjoy writing about it. Thanks again for your support.

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Rare Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Isotopes Appear Abundant in a Young Planetary Nebula. [View all] NNadir Dec 2018 OP

Ouch. My head hurts. Red Raider 85 Dec 2018 #1

But in a good way. n/t Igel Dec 2018 #2

To be clear, naturally occurring lithium (3Li) is composed of two stable isotopes, Li-6 and Li-7 ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2018 #3

Yes, I stand corrected. Heaviest is appropriate. NNadir Dec 2018 #4

By one of those weird coincidences that keep cropping up, I only recently came across this ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2018 #7

Thank you for that. It appears that the Princeton University library has that Glasstone book. NNadir Dec 2018 #8

I scanned the first 250 pages of that Glasstone book...a fabulous find...Thanks again... NNadir Dec 2018 #9

Thank you for your seemingly limitless insight defacto7 Dec 2018 #5

Thank you for your kind words and support. NNadir Dec 2018 #6