Science: The Beginning..... The Atomic Nucleus

The word science originates from the Latin word scientia meaning "knowledge", and knowledge is precisely what we seek in this quest of ours.

I am assuming the reader is already aware of the basics of science such as the existence of atoms and the presence of protons, neutrons and electrons in them, Newton's laws, Gravity etc . Assuming this, I shall now move on to the intricacies and details of atoms, the laws of physics, gravity, etc., all of which is not discussed in our text books in a manner which shall be comprehensible by all......

First, let us take a look at our atom again. Now, we all know that an atom is made up of a positively charged nucleus (comprising of neutrons, which has no charge, and protons, which has a positive charge). But let us look at the nucleus again..... Picture the minuscule yet fundamental creation of nature in your mind again..... Concentrate on the tiny core of the atom.......... The nucleus. Now, there are enormous amounts of positive (as well as neutral) particles crammed inside it..... But hey! Didn't our teacher tell us that like charges repel? And since all protons are positively charged (or like charged)........ aren't they supposed to repel each other? In that case, the atom ought to go BOOM (some what like Kieron Pollard blasting a daring enough bowler, daring to bowl to him that is, out of the stadium as if he were batting against a bunch of schol girls....... just that it wud have been more chaotic and numerous)?............ Or is some mysterious force (of which our dear teachers refused to tellus about) holding them together? Or is the science learnt at school about like charges repelling wrong?............ Now, don't go running off to school to organize a protest against your school all of a sudden........ coz its not option C. It is actually a mysterious force (mysterious to us not the scientists who already know of its' existence) that holds the protons in the nucleus together without going BOOM and following in Kieron Pollard's footsteps.

So, what is this mysterious force that holds the protons together? What is this glue that keeps it from going apart? The answer is a force called the Strong Nuclear Force. This force acts between the protons, the neutrons, and between the protons and neutrons (as we shall see later, this force actually acts between the quarks, the composite particles of protons and neutrons. We shall also investigate more deeply the force carrying particles of the S.N. Force or the Gluons). This force holds all the protons and neutrons together. At very short distances, the strong force is superior in strength to the Electrostatic force (the force that acts between charged particles). Hence it is able to easily over power the repulsion of the like charged protons.

Thus, our first problem in science is solved............... Mission Accomplished.............. For now.....

Hope you enjoyed it.

Thank You,

Thinkers