M&D 411 was: M&D pp.54 & 410 -- boson, lepton, meson (fwd)

[the Robot Vegetable]

On Fri, 2 May 1997, jp4321 at IDT.NET (jporter) wrote:


Page 410 brings us to Lepton Castle.  Leptons are subatomic particles
of (I think) very small mass, comprising electrons, neutrinos, and
muons.  This reminded me (d'Oh!) that mesons are also subatomic
particles, no?  Time to buy a copy of _Physics for Dummies_, I guess.

	I can't quite get it to click, but the paragraph beginning on
pg 411 wants me to think it's a description of an exploding star.
It's the "Iron-Plantation"; "Each time, 'twas like stepping out of
the difficult world and into the timeless _Encyclopedia-Light_";
"All noxious smokes and gases were being vented somewhere distant".
	Silly, I guess.  A tangent to the truth.

	veg