![]() ![]() KSR also brings into discussion Feynman’s ‘sum over history’ on which when Pauli’s ‘exclusion principle’ is applied, ”it indicates that some possible paths cause interference patterns, and cancel each other out other paths are phased in a reinforcing way, which makes their occurrence more probable. What follows are the global effects stretched forward into the history, based on a single man decision.Ī Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions - the title of the essay is the scientific term for the butterfly effect which is discussed in relation to the possible paths history could take following a single apparently insignificant step in another part of the world. After learning what the bomb is capable of, January starts having second thoughts about the mission and its repercussions. The Lucky Strike – tells the story of Captain Frank January, a bombardier which has been appointed to drop the bomb from ‘The Lucky Strike’ plane on 9th of August, following the crush of Enola Gay and the death of its pilot, Colonel Tibbett. Structured in 3 parts, the book consists in the story, an alternate history about the bombing of Hiroshima, an essay in which the author draws a parallel between alternate history and quantum mechanics and an extensive interview with KSR. This is one of those hidden gems, on which you stumble by chance. A person was a bomb that could blow up the world." he turned up a palm to look at the lines and the mottled flesh under the transparent skin. ![]() That meant that the energy contained in even one hand. Atoms were the smallest building block of matter, it took billions of them to make those tense, trembling hands. Structured in 3 parts, the book consists in the st "His hands were made of atoms. A person was a bomb that could blow up the world." This is one of those hidden gems, on which you stumble by chance. The text, images, and audio and video clips on this website are available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws."His hands were made of atoms. I am aware of the ultimate price that so many of you paid so that Europe could live once again in freedom. I have seen the cemeteries with all these white crosses and Stars of David. I have seen the beaches in Normandy where you landed and where so many of your brothers in arms lost their lives. I am aware of the dangers that you were facing, with the enemy still around. I was six years old, and the memory of that day will stay with me forever. I still remember the smell of the Lucky Strike cigarettes that surrounded us. I remember how we all went to the main street in that suburb to greet you, our liberators, with our hearts full of joy and love for these young soldiers who, for the first time, were not threatening us, but were smiling at us and giving us chocolate, chewing gum, even cigarettes. I remember that day, in late August 1944, as I was hiding in a Catholic boarding school in a Paris suburb, when one of the students came running to the school to announce: “The Allies are coming! The Allies are coming!” That was the day I was liberated I had survived the constant threat of being taken away with my family. Were it not for people like you, who braved the enemy fire to liberate Europe from the tyranny of the Nazi regime, I might not be here today. I was a hidden child in Paris, France, pursued by Nazi invaders and their French collaborators who were doing the dirty job of rounding up people like me to send us to the gas chambers in Auschwitz. This is to express my gratitude for your sacrifice during World War II. ![]()
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