Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 23:35:55 +0000
From: "steve.devos" <steve.devos-AT-krokodile.com>
Subject: Re: Ponderings


Gail

sorry Gail this is just not explainable in an email forum. I suggest a visit
to you're local 'good' bookshop and sometime spent reading through the
available texts on the subject area.

If you really need something short and sweet get hold of the New Scientist
explanation from some years back the site itself might be able to help

regards

steve.devos
http://www.krokodile.com

Gail Hall wrote:

> Concepts in my lay mind and my questions about them:
>
> Perpetual motion.
>
> What is speed of electrons around a neutron? Are the speeds different
> depending on which ring they are in or which element they are part of?
> Can anything alter that speed? When an atom is cooled it slows down and
> heated it speeds up, but do the electrons within the atom change speed?
> (By the way, I am comfortable thinking about things I know virtually
> nothing about.) What powers the electrons rotating around the neutron?
> What powers the planets rotating around the suns? The electrons stay
> going the same speed pretty close to always don't they and the planets
> too? Isn't this perpetual motion? I know this is just a phrase, but don't
> the energies pretty much stay the same without slowing down without
> apparent input?
>
> Emphasis on the word apparent.
>
> Gail Hall
>
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