I always wanted my hand grenades to be eco friendly. Could throw them into ponds in good conscience.
What fascinates me is how high powered detonations are, mere gases ripping hardened steel apart like paper, and all the same time, how weak all our
forces of interaction are compared to strong nuclear forces. Even the strongest of known materials are close to true vacuum when compared to forces
applied in neutron stars. It's like billions, or trillions of tons per mm2, in relativistic terms. |