“THE MAN WHO STARTED IT ALL”
A Short History of Atomic energy:

 

Protection Strategies throughout History: From the Old Stone Age to Contemporary Times


 


Since the Old Stone Age, Homo sapiens have been alert and frightened by the sense of danger due to other members of the species who could make them their potential prey. They have been adopting different strategies since medieval times to protect themselves against all the odds and the conditions that would end their whole game. In contemporary times, this thing is still the same, only the difference is that we have become dangerous not only to other species but to our fellow humans as well. There are no monstrous carnivores lurking around but the mass destruction weaponry that humanity has made to kill humanity outside their boundaries as quoted by Einstein as a mouse making a mouse trap for itself.

The Quest for the Fundamentals: From Ancient Greece to Einstein's Miracle Year

Since the rise of learning, Humans have always questioned about the fundamental element of our nature. What constitutes everything?  What is the fundamental stuff that makes us all? Greeks put the hypothesis forward, and Democritus named it atoms [Indivisible]. Later on, until the 19th century, the existence of atoms was still questioned among skeptics until 1905 [known as the miracle year of Albert Einstein], He published papers in the infamous scientific journal ‘Annalen der Physik while working at the patent office, Bern. His explanation for Brownian motion confirmed the existence of atoms but his other simple yet mind-boggling equation, E= mc2[c squared] proved to be a turning point for the world of physics; not only for sci-fi writers, but it also changed the world we perceive.

The Evolution of Atomic Energy: From Theory to Application

The history of atomic energy dates back to the late 19th century when British physicist Ernest Rutherford first theorized it. In 1904, he wrote that he believed it was possible to unlock the energy contained within atoms. Scientists such as Marie and Pierre Curie, who discovered naturally occurring radioactive elements and proposed the theory of radioactivity, later explored this idea further. In 1939, Albert Einstein advised the US president to develop the atomic bomb, launching the “Manhattan Project”. This marked the first use of atomic energy, which released a vast amount of energy upon detonation. In the years since, nuclear energy has been utilized in various ways, including generating electricity, creating medical isotopes, and powering spacecraft.

Robert J. Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein,1947.
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